Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I want to thank all the Members. Once more, I beg to move that the Bill be now read the Second Time. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to concur and agree with my brother hon. Sakaja, the business of this House on Wednesday is to transact Private Members’ Bills, but as you have realized we spend more time on Statements, and we have so many Bills pending. So, I want to second the proposal by hon. Sakaja that we limit the discussion on the remaining Bills to one-and-a-half hours so that we can move forward. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: ( Question put and agreed to ) view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I beg to move that the Climate Change Bill, National Assembly Bill, No.1 of 2014 be read the Second Time. This is a very important Bill and I would like hon. Members to contribute to it positively. Climate change is the greatest global threat and challenge that is facing mankind today. Climate change is leading to global warming which is caused by what is commonly known as green houses which is mainly carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide emitted from vehicles and factories use fossil fuel or fossil energy. Also ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: country. Drought has now become a common phenomenon in this country. Every year people in ASAL areas are actually on food aid. Without food aid, they cannot survive. This is as result of climate change. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the biggest threat of climate change is sea rise. We have a coastal line of 7000 kilometres of Indian Ocean. The statistics and data available today – we can get it from Kenya Meteorological Department – shows that the sea level is raising and you can ask the people at the coast and they will tell you. Already in highlands in ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with regard to Mt. Kenya; ask the people who stay in Central Kenya. The glaciers on Mt. Kenya have actually receded and dried because of increase in climate change. For those who stay in Taveta, near Mt. Kilimanjaro, they will tell you that the ice on Mt. Kilimanjaro has receded showing climate change. Therefore, this is a major disaster that is offing. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, take for example, diseases. Malaria was confined to the Lake Basin, but today we have highland malaria because temperatures in the Rift Valley have increased and, therefore, mosquitoes can now survive in the highlands. That is why we have highland malaria. A question was raised here recently on why Lake Baringo is rising- the hon. Member for Baringo County must be here. She raised the issue on what can be done to Lake Baringo. The reason is because of increased rainfall and seepage of water from all these areas. Therefore, we need to address this issue ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: In 1988, an inter-governmental panel on climate change was formed by UNEP and world meteorological organization to study this phenomenon. This body has consistently shown that climate change is a reality, temperatures are increasing and some of hon. Members in this House will attest to it. Sometimes the nights have now become too hot that you cannot even cover yourself with a blanket, in order to continue sleeping. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: In the Rio de Janeiro meeting, in 1992, it was realized that this problem exists and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was formed. Therefore, we have had a convention on climate change since 1992. We have Kyoto Protocol, which has tried to address how to limit climate change or temperature increase. All these efforts have not stopped the increase in temperatures. What are we doing as a country? As a country, we have done very well. Currently, we have a national climate change response strategy which was prepared in 2010. This strategy tries to tell Kenyans that climate ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: We need to adapt to climate change. So, adaption is important. We must find a way on how we are going to limit the use of fossil energy. I know that we, in Kenya, are celebrating now that we have discovered oil and coal, but these are the biggest fuels that emit carbon dioxide. So, we will have to find a way of using our oil and coal without emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. There is already an international convention which makes sure that if you emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, you must pay for it. So, ... view