Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Evans Mukolwe; the Director of the Kenya Meteorological Department, Mr. Francis Wangusi; the Director of Communications Commission of Kenya, Prof. Malo Otieno, a prominent space scientist of the University of Nairobi; Dr. Farah Hussein, the Director-General of the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development; the Management of Kenya Maritime Authority; Mr. Albetto La Bella, Deputy Italian Ambassador; Dr. John Njoroge Kamau, Ministry of Defence; Col. Joseph Mwai, Ministry of Defence; and Capt. Andrew Nyawade, Ministry of Defence. Hon. Speaker, as you can see, this Committee did a very good job. Unfortunately the Report ... view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to give notice of the following two Motions:- view
• 26 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: THAT, aware that Article 42 of our Constitution accords every person the right to a clean and healthy environment; and that Article 69(1)(D) mandates the State to encourage public participation in the management, protection and conservation of the environment; deeply concerned that our homes, roads, public and private premises, work places, recreation areas and general environments are littered with plastics, solid and liquid wastes and lack of good general environmental aesthetics; this House resolves that the Government declares one Saturday of each month to be dedicated to every Kenyan household, organized groups, public and private institutions and corporate organizations to ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, much as I sympathize with the hon. Member of Parliament for Taveta, what I would like to note is that we must differentiate between national parks and national reserves. You know very well that national reserves are under county governments. So, any money that is accrued in terms of money received should be filtered through the county government. As regards to national parks, it is known very well that national parks belong to the nation. Therefore, the only way that national parks help the communities is through community programmes which are then carried out by the ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the issue of compensation has been of major concern to Kenyans, particularly when it comes to loss of life and permanent injury. Therefore, what the Departmental Committee and hon.Members of this House have proposed is good compensation, in case such calamities occur. Therefore, I wish to support the amendments and hope that the rest of the membership of this House can also support them, so that this issue can be put to rest. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I want to oppose that amendment for one reason, each one of us must be responsible. We are making a law where we need everybody to be responsible. We appreciate that wildlife is a national resource. This provision was put there purposely so that everybody is responsible. Otherwise, if you do not put that caveat, it means that people will let their livestock into the wildlife areas without caring because they know they will be compensated. Equally, when it comes to crops, people will not put measures in place to deter animals from coming into ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: I oppose. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, from the outset I am opposing those amendments. These two terms are management tools. “Culling” is a management tool that is practised in national parks, whereby if by any chance wildlife species increase beyond the carrying capacity then it is the responsibility of the competent authority to use scientific means to remove certain animals that are not viable or that will not affect the population of that species. This is purely a management tool. “Cropping” is also a management tool particularly in ranches and private land where, again, if species increase beyond the carrying capacity then ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the Committee discussed this matter at length and we consulted very widely with various stakeholders and we came into agreement that we need to put very punitive measures, particularly for endangered species; that is the elephant and the rhino. This is because this country is now 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 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: being used as conduit for trafficking of ivory and rhino horns. This is done by very serious businessmen from China, Taiwan and Korea. These people are very rich. Therefore, they have found out that the penalties in Kenya are so lenient that they are able to bring ivory from DRC and from other countries in Central Africa through Kenya. Most of you, hon. Members who have been reading newspapers have seen every time at the port or even at our Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) this is happening every day. Therefore, we need punitive measures; otherwise, we are going to ... view