Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Finally, there is the issue--- view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: In conclusion, I want also to highlight one important aspect of this Bill, which is in many cases ignored. It concerns carrying of children who are under eight years in our cars and other vehicles. In many cases, if you are observant on our roads, you will notice that we, parents, carry our small children in our cars without safety equipment, and without putting in areas that are well secured. In fact, in some cases, you will find even some drivers whom I would say are “crazy” having their small children sitting on their lap and they are driving. This ... view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: This Bill attempts to ensure that those parents who carry their children in their cars without securing them well, when actually some of the cars have all the security devices--- One security measure is making sure the windows are not opened and the doors are securely locked. Most of our drivers do not care. They leave small children looking outside. This is extremely dangerous. view
• 10 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I second this Bill. Thank you very much. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support this amendment by the Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Committee. This is because it is extremely important. Many times the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) or anybody would say that they have consulted the people, but there is no evidence. We want to anchor in this law that there must be evidence that, indeed, people were consulted view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to comment on this very important Bill. Environment is life. Unfortunately in this country and in many other countries in Africa, we do not take seriously the issue of environment. First, I want to agree with the Chairperson and hon. (Eng.) Gumbo that the number of amendments we are bringing to this current law of Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act are too many. Ideally we should have repealed the current Act and drafted a new one. That would have made life simpler for Members of Parliament to systematically understand ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: There are a number of amendments that have been proposed in this amendment Bill which may not be very good. For example, the abolishment of the National Environment Council is not well informed because the environment is a cross-cutting sector. We need every contribution from every sector of our economy. When you abolish the National Environment Council which was bringing all the key stakeholders to look at the environment as the basis for life and human survival, when you abolish it and take it The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: to the Ministry in charge of environment, basically you are now downplaying the role of the environment in human life. You are now making the Ministry to be responsible for a sector that is cross cutting. So, when it comes to the abolishment of the National Environment Council, it was ill informed and I believe some of us will bring amendments to reinstate it because we need contributions from everybody. The environment affects everybody and our Constitution is very clear that the environment is everybody’s business to ensure that our environment is taken care of. view
• 20 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Another area which this amendment Bill is proposing which I think was also ill informed is the abolishment of the Public Complaints Committee. That Committee is extremely important. That is a Committee which is available to every Kenyan to complain about any environmental injustice that may have been done to an individual, a community or natural resource. When you abolish it, then you have a problem because it has been abolished on the premise that we have the Land and Environment Court which should take care of any complaint. But you know very well that Kenyans most times do not ... view