Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is clear from the answer the Assistant Minister has given that he has not answered part (b) of the Question. That part deals with which companies or individuals were exempted from paying local cess tax and licenses. He has not indicated which of those companies were exempted and why. view
• 20 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir I rise to support this Motion. Having looked at the credentials of Mr. David Kimaiyo and his experience, this is a special man and he deserves to get this job. What we need is to give this very special officer support. If we are going to give him support, he will bring reforms in this country as regards police management and insecurity in this country. So, I want to support his Motion without reservations. view
• 20 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill as a Member of the Committee on Education, Science and Technology. We have gone through this Bill and we are very happy with the contents. We want to congratulate the Minister, his staff and all the stakeholder who have been involved in the drafting of the Bill. I want to assure you that once this Bill is enacted into law, it is will set a foundation for this country to become a middle income industrialized country because there is no country that can industrialize without middle level technical people. ... view
• 20 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Public Health and Sanitation the following Question by Private Notice: (a) Could the Minister state the criteria, credible scientific facts and evidence that informed the decision by the Government to ban the importation and use of the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) foods and products in the country? (b) Is the Minister aware that the ban on GMOs will adversely stifle the ongoing biotechnology research in the country and consequently compromise future food security? (c) Was the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) involved in the decision to ban the importation and use ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate the answer given by the Minister, I want to state from the onset that she has not answered my Question. My Question was clearly, as stated on the Order Paper, to provide scientific evidence. She has just stated a boardroom decision. I need scientific evidence. If you allow me, I am willing to table scientific evidence regarding the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and their use. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I want to table a Report by the European Food Safety Authority, which addresses the issue of GMO foods and products. Secondly, I want to table a report by the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology, Kenya Chapter, namely, Africa Agri-biotec Update Journal, which addresses the issue of the use of GMOs and how they should be regulated and controlled. I also want to table a policy that was passed in this House, namely, the National Biotechnology Development Policy, 2006. This policy addresses all the issues to do with GMO and how we should control their use ... view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I oblige. The last report that I want to table is by the Government of France. It is prepared by the High Council for Biotechnology for the Government of the Republic of France. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I asked the Minister to table scientific evidence that informed the Cabinet to impose a ban on GMOs. I have tabled scientific reports on the same. In her report, she is talking about France and yet I have already tabled a report of the Government of the Republic of France. view
• 19 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Finance:- (a) whether he is aware that the bureaucracy embedded within the public procurement law is the main cause of non-expenditure of development funds in our National Annual Budgets; (b) whether he is also aware that the law remains rigid and is made up of all paper-based systems and has not embraced the use of ICT or e-procurement; and, (c) when the Government will amend the law to make it open, transparent, simple and ICT compliant. view