Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 89494,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/89494/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 131,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Lesrima",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 178,
        "legal_name": "Simon Saimanga Lesirma",
        "slug": "simon-lesirma"
    },
    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to congratulate the Minister and his staff for the way they have been managing the Ministry. I wish to support this Vote. However, I want to make one or two comments, particularly those concerning Samburu County Council. As you know, Samburu County Council relies heavily on contribution from tourism. In the recent past, I am sure most of us witnessed through the media the destruction caused by serious flooding within the area to the extent that a number of lodges were completely put out of use. This has affected the financial base of the county council. For that reason, I would like to urge the Minister to speed up the payment of refunds in terms of contribution in lieu of rates. A lot of money has been owed to the Samburu County Council for a very long time. I appreciate that there has been some contribution in the recent past but we want that expedited so that the Council can be financially stable. Secondly, the Ministry needs to closely supervise the management of the national reserve. We are aware that the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has come up with management plans for the national reserve. That is in terms of the carrying capacity - determining the number of lodges and camps we can have there. It is, however, very clear that those management plans are not respected and this impacts negatively on the environment. There is congestion because people are constructing lodges where they should not. I urge the Minister to participate or closely supervise the management plans of the national parks so that they are not reduced into some kind of bazaars. Finally, with regard to fiscal planning, even His Excellency the President recognized when he came to Maralal that there is lack of planning of the towns in Samburu. We would like the Department of Fiscal Planning to do thorough planning because we have reached a stage where there is over-allocation of plots to the extent that we do not even have space for the construction of development projects. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to support this Vote."
}