Wilfred Rottich Lesan

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 541 to 550 of 615.

• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to endevour that I will try and reach the Chairman at the moment although he is out of the country, but we have a Vice Chair. So, we will try and endevour to get the response. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will inform the Chairperson of the question raised in the House and we will beseech the Chair to give us, perhaps, up to the third week of the next session because this is a very detailed question and requires extensive investigations for us to satisfactorily answer it. So, we will endevour to answer the question in the next session. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have no objection. STALLED CONSTRUCTION OF MAKUTANO-KIKIMA AND TAWA ROAD view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me the opportunity to ventilate on this Motion. First, I wish to state categorically that I support this Motion for various reasons, some of them touching on the important area of the health of our citizens. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, environment is a very important aspect of our lives and waste is one of those things that has the greatest impact on the environment. I think that it is very important that we pay attention on this aspect of waste. Unfortunately, waste does not build up rapidly. It is a slow process ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: This has not been indicated in what I have here but it falls under “the national Government to take immediate steps to build capacity.” We will rewrite what we have here to coincide with what you have just said. The first part is ready and we can move it. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I wish to amend this Motion by inserting the words “county government working together with the national Government,” after the word “the.” Further, we also need to insert the words “the national Government will also be involved in capacity building for the county governments.” This will effect ... view
• 27 Nov 2013 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this has not been indicated in what I have here, but it falls under “the national Government to take immediate steps to build capacity and develop the effective--- I will write down what I have here. The first part is ready and it can be moved. view
• 31 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to request for a Statement. I rise to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Land and Natural Resources. The Statement relates to the use and disposal of plastic bags of less than 0.6 millimetres in thickness. Mr. Speaker, Sir, close to 150 million plastic bags are used annually in this country. My concern is that one of the by-products of plastics is dioxin. Dioxin is one of the greatest precursors of cancer. There are increasing incidences of cancer in the country at the moment and we ... view
• 31 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like, therefore, to ask the Chairman of the Committee to state the internationally recognised standard practice of disposing of plastics. Secondly, I would also like the Chairman to explain, what plan the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources has on the disposal of dangerous wastes like plastics and heavy metals like mercury. Thirdly, he should state the policy of the national Government on the use of plastics of 0.6 millimetres and below. view
• 31 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I too want to thank the Chairman of the Sessional Committee on this issue. However, I would like to raise a point of clarification here. There are two issues here. Is this an evaluation of persons holding the job or an evaluation of the job itself? If this is about job evaluation, I think this can be The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 31 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has become apparent that for the evaluation to be done, we will be interviewing individuals who are holding positions. view