Abass Sheikh Mohamed

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• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, the said gazettement was done without consultation of the people and the leaders of the affected region contrary to Article 10(2)(a) of the Constitution that provides for public participation in making and implementing public policy and in applying the law and Article 69(1)(d)that requires the State to encourage public participation in environmental management. view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, the land in question is actually community land that the local people have been using as grazing land for their cattle since time immemorial and hence any gazettement exercise shall lock the community out of their pasture lands thereby greatly inconveniencing them and endangering their key source of livelihood and economic sustenance. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, the sustained efforts to solve the issue and attain a workable solution to this concern have not been successful; and, view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, the matter in respect of which this Petition is made is not pending before any court of law or constitutional body. Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly through the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources:- (i) investigates the matter and compels the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resource to revoke Gazette Notice No.943 of 2016; and, (ii) makes any other order and/or direction that it deems fit in the circumstances of the matter. view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Allow me to say this, Hon. Speaker. There seems to be a deliberate policy by this particular Ministry to gazette grazing land in pastoral areas. This started last year with the gazettement of the entire Tana River Constituency. The Member here can attest to that fact. The entire Bura Constituency was gazetted as a forest, and in this particular notice it is Garissa, Lamu and Turkana. Therefore, there is need for this particular Cabinet Secretary (CS) to follow the law regarding this particular issue. The rate at which she is declaring State forests, I am afraid that if this House ... view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this great opportunity. I want to support the Mediation Committee’s Report. The National Drought Management Authority Bill is very important. As you are aware, this country is always having a lot of problems with drought issues. We are losing so many animals. Almost 10 million people are The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: missing their mainstay. Livestock die in large numbers. Almost Kshs60 billion is lost every time there is frequent drought. Of late, drought has become so frequent. In the past, most of the time, drought mitigation interventions were supported by donors. That is a very unfortunate situation. This country needs to take things seriously that a third of Kenyans depend on livestock and they lose their mainstay because of drought. The Drought Management Authority will mitigate the effects of drought. The other thing is that we lack expertise to mitigate drought in this country. In other parts of the world, mitigation ... view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I beg to support this Sessional Paper No.11. When God created man, diversity had already been created. However, because of the increase in population man has destroyed his environment. It is the right time to have this policy paper which will enable us conserve our view
• 2 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: 36 Wednesday 2nd December, 2015(A) environment. Today the world is realizing global warming. This country is facing floods. All these things are as a result of man’s activities. This policy paper will help us do a little bit of conservation. We need to emphasize the importance of conserving our environment even within our youth. We need to educate them on environmental issues. We can do this by having in place a school curriculum. There is a lot of pollution in Nairobi and its environs. It is high time the Government taxed higher those industries that emit pollution. There is also ... view
• 8 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I beg to support this Bill. The Bill is very important and has given an opportunity to the many Kenyans who could not access judicial services. The Bill provides for establishment of at least one station in every county. It is actually a very important measure that this Bill has introduced. Many Kenyans used to travel very far to get justice in other places of the country. It also provides dispute resolution mechanisms. In many instances, minor disputes that could be sorted out within the communities used to end up ... view