Adan Mohamed Nooru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I stand my ground on the issue of having “at least two deputies” and it is for this reason: There may even be a Deputy Director of Administration or a Deputy Director of Finance or a Deputy Director of IT and so on. So, we have just cited two professional Directors of crops and livestock. So, the Deputies may be many, but only those two can be members of the Board. view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker. The hon. Member for Lurambi, hon. Raphael Otaalo, asked the Committee on Agriculture Livestock and Cooperative for a Statement. I will give the Statement. I have a long background but I will go directly to the question. The first one was on the Government guiding policy and strategic operation concerning the fish farming programme and sensitization of the county authority and Members of Parliament, among other leaders. The guiding policy is drawn from Fisheries Act, CAP. 378 of the Laws of Kenya, which provides for the mandate of the State Department for Fisheries as exploration, utilization, ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker. The hon. Member for Lurambi, hon. Raphael Otaalo, asked the Committee on Agriculture Livestock and Cooperative for a Statement. I will give the Statement. I have a long background but I will go directly to the question. The first one was on the Government guiding policy and strategic operation concerning the fish farming programme and sensitization of the county authority and Members of Parliament, among other leaders. The guiding policy is drawn from Fisheries Act, CAP. 378 of the Laws of Kenya, which provides for the mandate of the State Department for Fisheries as exploration, utilization, ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: conservation of fishery resources. The policy is also drawn from Vision 2030 and the Ocean and Fisheries Policy of 2008. The Strategic plan has been drawn to actualize these policies; currently, these are contained in the Second Mid-Term Plan of 2013-2017; it is in the flagship programmes. The national Government is currently implementing a fish eating campaign in Nyeri, Kajiado, Machakos, Tharaka Nithi, Nandi, Uasin Gishu, Kisumu, Busia, Nyamira and Tana River. This campaign provides a forum to sensitize county authorities and Members of Parliament and other stakeholders on fish farming. Two, I was asked to provide a list indicating ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: conservation of fishery resources. The policy is also drawn from Vision 2030 and the Ocean and Fisheries Policy of 2008. The Strategic plan has been drawn to actualize these policies; currently, these are contained in the Second Mid-Term Plan of 2013-2017; it is in the flagship programmes. The national Government is currently implementing a fish eating campaign in Nyeri, Kajiado, Machakos, Tharaka Nithi, Nandi, Uasin Gishu, Kisumu, Busia, Nyamira and Tana River. This campaign provides a forum to sensitize county authorities and Members of Parliament and other stakeholders on fish farming. Two, I was asked to provide a list indicating ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on Tuesday afternoon I promised the House to respond to a request for a Statement by hon. Joseph Limo regarding the Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND). I hereby respond: Hon. Speaker, the query was: What steps has the Government taken to arrest the disease? Following the outbreak of the MLND in Kenya, the then Ministry of Agriculture constituted a multi-disciplinary technical team comprising of experts from the State Department of Agriculture, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), regulatory agencies, seed producers, international research organizations and private sector companies to address the crisis in Kenya. With regard to the management ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on Tuesday afternoon I promised the House to respond to a request for a Statement by hon. Joseph Limo regarding the Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease (MLND). I hereby respond: Hon. Speaker, the query was: What steps has the Government taken to arrest the disease? Following the outbreak of the MLND in Kenya, the then Ministry of Agriculture constituted a multi-disciplinary technical team comprising of experts from the State Department of Agriculture, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), regulatory agencies, seed producers, international research organizations and private sector companies to address the crisis in Kenya. With regard to the management ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: following short-term activities: Awareness is to be created among the public and stakeholders on the management of the MLND disease and its insect vector transmitting virus; development and deploying technologies for diagnosis and characterization of MLND to generate information on disease and this is geared towards designing integrated management strategy; and identification of the vector virus causing MLND, its host ranges and pesticide efficiency trials. Through institution-based financial support, the team’s other activities include screening that was carried out by KARI and Seed Traders Association of Kenya. So far, over 8,000 maize stations have been screened under natural and artificial ... view