Abshiro Soka Halake

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the County of Isiolo that I come from is on the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor. It is supposed to be a result city. It hosts some of the most unique and rare animals on earth and not just in Kenya. From the Grevy's zebra to reticulated giraffes and other animals. However, I can tell you for a fact that the benefits of these natural resources in Northern Kenya do not accrue to the local communities but get lost in the bigger scheme of things leaving the local communities impoverished and not even an outside of the ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill has a lot of very good provisions. From the functions of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to the royalties that will be collected and it gives how they will be collected, the benefit sharing that is being driven by our counties and communities. To the financial and miscellaneous provisions, this is a progressive law. That having been said, there are certain concerns that I have in terms of some of the definitions. For instance, it says ‘affected county’ ‘affected community’ or ‘affected entity’ when they are not just affected; they are hosting. They are ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this Bill has a lot of very good provisions. From the functions of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) to the royalties that will be collected and it gives how they will be collected, the benefit sharing that is being driven by our counties and communities. To the financial and miscellaneous provisions, this is a progressive law. That having been said, there are certain concerns that I have in terms of some of the definitions. For instance, it says ‘affected county’ ‘affected community’ or ‘affected entity’ when they are not just affected; they are hosting. They are ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: 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
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: 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
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: counties and communities. From our community lands, forests and conservation, everything seems to be managed from the top. This Bill then pushes things down to be governed by the local communities and benefits to our local communities in the process, therefore, strengthening devolution and our counties and making sure that our resources have a sustainability aspect to them because they are managed, owned and benefitted from by our communities and not some more removed entity, so to speak. I am a bit concerned about the scope and the breadth of the role of the CRA. They seem to have been ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: counties and communities. From our community lands, forests and conservation, everything seems to be managed from the top. This Bill then pushes things down to be governed by the local communities and benefits to our local communities in the process, therefore, strengthening devolution and our counties and making sure that our resources have a sustainability aspect to them because they are managed, owned and benefitted from by our communities and not some more removed entity, so to speak. I am a bit concerned about the scope and the breadth of the role of the CRA. They seem to have been ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: 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
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: 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
• 3 Aug 2021 in Senate: devolving some of these resources to ensure that the local communities that are bearing the brunt of hosting these natural resources; bearing the brunt of the human-wildlife conflict in places like Isiolo where we host wildlife and places like Maasailand, Samburuland and the Amboseli belt that are compensated not just for the conflict but also as owners of these resources. I support this Bill. It is a very good step in the right direction with regards to pushing the resources to the communities and ensuring that the communities that host and actually look after these resources benefit and are therefore, ... view