Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

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• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: When I laid it again on the Table, the Speaker directed--- view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Joint Committee on Energy, Communication and Information and Education, Research and Technology on the Status of the San Marco Space Application Center in Malindi, laid on the Table of the House on March 12, 2014. view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I re-tabled this Report because it was prepared in the Tenth Parliament. During the Tenth Parliament I raised the issue regarding this San Marco Space Application Centre. During that period, it was agreed that a joint committee be formed; a committee of energy, communication, information, education, research and technology to investigate the issues I had raised regarding this centre. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am happy to report that the Chairman of that Committee, who is none other than Eng. Rege, is here with us. Therefore, when I re-tabled this Report, the Speaker directed ... view
• 4 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill. Over all, I would like to support quite a number of the amendments that have been proposed. However, there are quite a number of amendments that I would wish to see either removed or amended further. view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: As regards the Land Adjudication Act, I feel that what is proposed here is quite in order. Basically, the amendments are meant to regularize the Bill to conform to the current Constitution. Therefore, on the Land Adjudication Act, I see no serious problem and I support all the proposed amendments. On the Urban Areas and Cities Act, I have some concerns. First, these amendments are seeking to reduce the population threshold in classifying cities, towns and municipalities. Looking at the proposed thresholds, it does not appear that there is certain clear criterion that was used to come up with these ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: As regards the Transition to Devolved Governments Act, I want to agree with most of my colleagues in their concern of the proposal to get rid of the Transition Authority. This is established by an Act of Parliament and it is also within the Constitution. Therefore, just to replace it with an inter-governmental committee will be a disaster because one of the key functions of the Transition Authority is to oversee the distribution of assets. This is the most crucial aspect of the Transition Authority, which has never been handled. If we hand over this to an inter-governmental committee, you ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: On the County Governments Act, I see no problem. These are regular amendments and therefore, I support them. On the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority, I want to support these amendments. In this country, we have tended to overlook certain sectors which have a lot of potential for reviving or turning around the economy of this country. One of them is fisheries. We have overlooked mining for many years and it has always been put under the Ministry of Environment. For a whole century, nobody has cared about mining in this country. Now, we are coming to the realization that ... view
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Let me inform my colleagues here that in the Indian Ocean, we have 200 nautical mile economic zone, which if translated into an area, it is more than a half of Kenya. This is our land, but because we do not care about fisheries, we have left this land to the 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
• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Japanese and the Koreans and that is where they are fishing. They are making a kill. So, if we establish a fully fledged fisheries department or organization through a Bill, we shall develop our fisheries industry, which I bet is even going to contribute more to our economy just like the Namibian economy is based on fisheries. view