Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on the ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, laid on the Table of the House today, Wednesday 30th November 2016. view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. This Bill gives the PSC enough powers to function effectively. Otherwise, the PSC, being just a department within the Office of the President, has not had the powers and staff to function effectively. This Bill gives enough powers to the PSC. It also expands the mandate of PSC, so that they can effectively undertake their responsibilities. I am particularly happy with quite a number of clauses that have been included in this Bill. Among them is Clause 4 where the Bill gives the PSC powers to abolish some ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: technology has changed and the way of management has changed. Therefore, PSC should move in tandem with the changing environment as regards management and leadership. The other aspect that is of importance is the code of conduct. Those of us who worked in the public service years back had very strict code of conduct which every member of the Civil Service had to adhere to. One of the conditions was to memorise your code of conduct, but right now all this is no longer effective or being effected. Most of the civil servants do not know even know the code ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other issue which I think is very important is promotion. We have some civil servants who have stagnated in their positions since they joined the Civil Service because there has never been a clear-cut process on promotion. Therefore, some civil servants who were lucky to join the Civil Service but have nobody to push for their promotions have just remained in one job group for the last 10 or even 20 years. Some even retire in the same job group. With this procedure for promotion clearly defined, it now gives equal opportunity to most members ... view
• 30 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: increased according to our socio-economic development, even the civil servants who have retired should have their pensions increased appropriately. Finally, the other provision that I find very interesting and very good in this Bill is that you can resign from the Civil Service but can later on join it. The normal practice has been that once you resign from the Civil Service, the chances are you will never join again. Now, there is a provision which allows you, that over time, you can reapply for any other job within the Civil Service. This is a very good and progressive provision ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am rising on a point of order in connection to a ruling you made three weeks ago regarding a Motion I had introduced in this House to set up a select committee to investigate issues related to genetically modified crops and animals. In your ruling, you said that because the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives had done similar work, it promised to table its Report so that I can look at the Report and see whether it meets the requirement of the select committee I was proposing. Hon. Deputy Speaker, to date, ... view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 23 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am a very sad person because I have been thoroughly frustrated by the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives. I raised this matter two years ago, but the Committee could not do anything. I waited for the Committee severally and they kept on giving the same story that the Ministry had set up a task force. I am aware that the Ministry finished with the task force and that Report should have gone to the Cabinet. It has never come out. That aside, when Hon. Washiali and his colleagues were appealing to you ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to comment on this very important matter. I thank the Member of Parliament for Kiambu for raising this matter. This matter is adequately covered under Articles 42 and 69 of our Constitution. Everybody is entitled to a clean environment. It is the responsibility of every Kenyan to ensure that our environment is clean. Unfortunately, we do not have waste management policies and laws in this country. Without those two legal documents, this problem will remain. It is important that these two documents are generated and presented to this House for debate and approval. ... view