Wilber Ottichilo Khasilwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to contribute to this Bill. First and foremost, I want to thank the Minister who has brought these amendments. Quite a number of them are very valid and they need to be put in place. I wish to make comments on a few amendments which I find very pertinent and useful for this country. view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: First and foremost, I want to congratulate the Minister for the first time for introducing an amendment to the Science and Technology Act so that the National Council of Science and Technology (NCST) can be a corporate body. This is extremely important because for many years, science and technology in this country has been relegated to the back seat and this amendment is going to make the NCST a very independent corporate body that will steer science and technology in this country. So, I want to congratulate the Minister for bringing this amendment which is going to see that this ... view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, secondly I wish to also thank the Minister for introducing another very important amendment and this is on the Kenya Information and Communications Act of 1998. Vandalism of telecommunication has become very rampant and as we all know, telecommunications has become a very important industry in this country. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is the one now that is driving this country. Most of the jobs that are being created today are through ICT and because this country has taken a very bold step to improve ICT through the internet and so on, we have many ... view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, finally, I want to agree with those who have spoken on the amendments to the Elections Act, 2011. It is important that if somebody has no voter’s card, he is allowed to vote if his or her name appears on the voters register. However, that person must be able to identify himself or herself. Otherwise, there can be a lot of cheating. view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: There is also the issue of the nomination rules. I agree with the reduction of the period from six months to three months. view
• 5 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources:- (a) what the cause of the drying up of Lake Kanyaboli in Siaya County, one of the largest ox-bow lakes in Africa is; (b) which endemic fish species and other aquatic life are threatened by the drying up of the lake; and, (c) what urgent measures he will take to arrest the situation and avoid extinction of endemic aquatic life in the lake. view
• 31 May 2012 in National Assembly: That is okay. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: I second, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. view
• 30 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. Secondly, I want to thank hon. John Pesa for bringing this Motion to this House. This Motion is extremely important and I want to say that the teachers in this country have done a commendable job and without teachers no country can develop. Education is the basis of development and without it in any country, no development can take place. view