Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: I can assure you that this country can be a major exporter of fish. We have left our fish to the Japanese, the Koreans and the Chinese and we only have fishermen with canoes at the Coast, who fish only two kilometers inside the ocean yet we have 200 nautical mile which translates to 300 kilometres. You can imagine what we can do with that. So, I want to support that. Lastly, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as regards the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Act, I wish to say that I would not support what is being proposed here because ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance. First, I want to thank hon. Dr. Chris Wamalwa for bringing this Bill to this House. It is very timely. Fertilizer is very important for food production. Without fertilizer, we should not expect to become food self-sufficient. It is, therefore, important that this county is able to produce its own fertilizer. I want to be clear on what fertilizer means. The definition, even in here, of fertilizer is not right. I would eventually propose an amendment to this. The way fertilizer is conceived here from what I have heard ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: talking about. The technology that is available tends to go towards organic fertilizer which does not destroy the soils. So, as much as I want to support this Bill, there are many amendments that I would want to propose to make this Bill useful for this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the fertilizer board should, first of all, be able to know what is required in each of our soil types. This is because you cannot define fertilizer without knowing what the soil requires and what the plant you want to plant requires. Those are the key questions that one ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion. First, communication is very important. Without it in any country, we cannot have economic development. So, I believe this proposed Bilateral Air Services Agreement with countries like Angola, Mozambique and Canada is very timely. We need to do business with various countries and air communication is very crucial and fast. It can yield a lot of dividends in a very short time. view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have had diplomatic relations with the Government of Canada for a long time and it is sad that, to date, we do not have direct air communications between Kenya and Canada. I believe this Bilateral Agreement will be very crucial so that we can have direct links with countries like Canada, where we have a lot of business and students learning in various institutions. I also believe that we already have Kenya Airways flying into Angola and Mozambique. It is important that we have a bilateral agreement so that our airline can get the appropriate ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to echo the issue raised by Capt. Wambugu regarding the increased Value Added Tax (VAT) on aircraft parts. This is going to make air transport very expensive in this country and, as Capt. Wambugu has alluded to, we are likely to lose a number of aircrafts who actually fly into this country. They will change their destinations to other countries. So, it is important as a country to reconsider this decision to charge very expensive VAT rates on aircraft parts. As you realise, aircrafts are very delicate instruments and you cannot afford to ... view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I finally want to echo the issue of VAT as regards air tickets. If you look at an air ticket, you will realise that a big part of the cost of air travel is attributable to VAT. That discourages many Kenyans from flying. It is important that we promote air travel because it is faster. Air travel enables one to accomplish many errands in different places within a short time. Therefore, we need to look into the issue of VAT on air tickets with a view to making air travel affordable to every Kenyan. view
• 29 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I would like to support this Motion. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House today Wednesday, 12th March, 2014. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Report of the Joint Committee on Energy, Communication and Information and Education, Research and Technology on the status of the San Marco Space Application Centre in Malindi view