Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: This country is going to lose heavily because this is a very strategic centre in terms of security, disaster management, science and technology. So, before the Committee Chairs find time to meet, I would like the Leader of Majority Party to undertake to this House that he will give us the status of this centre and we will know what is going on, and what action the Executive is taking to ensure that a favourable agreement to this country is entered into. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am very thankful that--- view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Please give a chance since I have been waiting for too long. Let my voice be heard. Thank you for allowing me to contribute to this very important Bill in this House. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: First and foremost, I want to thank the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the Cabinet Secretary for preparing this Bill. This is a very concise and progressive Finance Bill. If we compare it with the previous Bills, this is very concise and very good. Why am I saying so? This is because this Bill captures very important aspects of our economy and particularly as regards to the transport system. Our railway system has been in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) I would say probably for the last 90 years. This is a system that has never functioned ... view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in as much as I have said that this Bill is good, I feel that there are many areas where it could have improved in revenue collection particularly in the real estate. We have a lot of money in the real estate but the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is unable to collect; simply because they have no good scientific system of doing so. I want to tell the Chair and this House, there is technology now to allow KRA to get information on every building and every infrastructure in this country so that they can ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion. I want to note that as a former Wildlife Manager, this is a problem that has continued to increase due to increasing human-wildlife conflict, particularly in conservation areas. Therefore, it is important that this matter is addressed. In the Tenth Parliament, this matter was raised several times through Questions and even a Motion was passed which addressed the same issues. So, it is important that in the Eleventh Parliament, this matter, again, has been brought to the Floor of this House. The problem of human-wildlife conflict must ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the most important aspect which has always been raised on the Floor of this House is the delay in compensation of those people who are either killed by wildlife or maimed. The problem has been that KWS is the one charged with responsibility of carrying out the assessment. With the county governments in the proposed Bill, there is provision that this matter could be handled at the county level and, therefore, the payment could be much more expedited. Finally, I want to note that, as regards the issue of compensation for the crops destroyed and ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to second this amendment and say that the reason given by the Mover is very valid. This is because rules are very clear on how to get into national parks. If people deliberately go into national parks and they are killed there, then they should not seek compensation. Also, as regards compensation for crops and livestock, it is important that people take the necessary precautions. If we leave it open, people can misuse this provision. I second. view
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. My observations are three. First, before we talk about fertilizer, we must know what the fertilizer is going to do. So, the first thing to do is soil analysis. In most of our counties, we have no soil analysis. We do not know what our soil lacks. So, there is no need to just 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
• 5 Jun 2013 in National Assembly: acquire fertilizer for the sake of it. The first important issue is soil analysis in the country to know what the soil lacks. The second issue is this: If this country needs to be food sufficient, we need to adopt biotechnology. Adopting biotechnology will avoid the use of unnecessary fertilizers which lead to soil acidification. So, we need biotechnology and methods like zero tillage as soil conservation, including organic farming. This will improve our food security. Many people have talked a lot about GMOs. We need to look at the GMOs; how best we can adopt GMO growing foods because ... view