Senator Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: There is an issue that was raised by my colleague, the distinguished Sen. (Dr.) Langat. If we had demarcated the Mau Forest in the 1960s that traverses about nine counties, we would not be talking about the kind of destruction that is on-going. As long as we still debate on where the boundary is, the outline and all these kinds of issues, we will not conserve our forests. That is the truth of the matter. I have visited the Mau Forest. I know that in 2017 when the first order was issued for people to vacate the Nyayo Tea Zone, ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Chapter 11 of our Constitution appreciates the cultural diversity of this country. It is not that some of us do not know how to live inside a forest that we make assumptions that everyone who gets access and lives in a particular forest causes destruction. The Ogieks and the Ndorobos know how they live and fend for themselves. They are Aborigines of particular regions I have mentioned and take care of particular forests. That is what you get when you use a community to manage a forest. Section 38 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act that has been referred ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I propose that my colleague, Sen. Kasanga, should move a step forward and introduce an amendment that will ensure that each and every county government gives a report back to this House on how they are improving the forest cover. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Many people talk about the Mau Forest using big words. I wish the Senator for Homa Bay County was here because there is something I wanted to remind him when he was speaking. He spoke well about what we need to do about the Mau Forest, but in his own Homa Bay County, forest cover is hardly two per cent. There is no need of speaking good English in Parliament and do nothing at home because it will not increase forest cover. That is what we need to learn and appreciate. As a leader, I challenge my colleague, Sen. Malalah, ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Last week, officers of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) visited me in my office and asked what we should do. They tried to access Sierra Leone area, but officers of the KFS who have been deployed there by Cabinet Secretary (CS), Mr. Keriako Tobiko, and the Rift Valley Regional Commissioner, Mr. George Natembeya, denied them entry. How can you deny 15 commissioners who have been given the opportunity to look into issues of violations of human rights a chance to look into violations that people in that particular area are facing? I want to tell them on ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: They are talking about a 60-day notice. However, if you ask them to show you the 60-day notice so that you appreciate what they are talking about, it is not there. These are The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: people who thrive in chaos and impunity of the highest order because they know it is convenient. They have convinced people that the discussion is between those who want people to live in the forest and those who do not. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: I am not an idiot because I am well educated. I cannot possibly advocate for anyone to live inside a forest, but when you hear me say those people have not invaded the forest, it is not politics because I know what I am saying. I hope the President will respond to our cries because I stood there on 27th July, 2017, with none other than President Uhuru Kenyatta and we promised those people that eventually we will provide a solution to the issue of the Mau Forest. However, up to date, I have not heard his voice; I want ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: I congratulate Sen. Silvia Kasanga. We will join her as she moves the kind of proposals that have been proposed on the Forest Conservation and Management Act. In fact, a final proposal is: Why is it specific that we have to say Kenya Forest Service officer have got to be drawn from the different parts of this country and sent to a particular region? Just a minute, Madam Temporary Speaker, as I conclude this point that I am mentioning--- view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is it not possible to have, say, a particular region, for example Kitui, to produce their own gallant young men and women who will be trained at the Kenya Forest Service Training School and be deployed back to Kitui to take care of their forests because it is their rural heritage? As long as you are bringing someone from Garissa or Kisumu to take care of my forest in Kitui, they will allow all the multinationals to sell the timber; after all, it is not their home. Therefore, that is an amendment that I want ... view