Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 17461 to 17470 of 17799.

• 17 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue I would like to raise with the Ministry at the outset relates to the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation. This corporation is the only organization under the Ministry of Water and Irrigation that has not lived up to its mandate. The National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation has been given a mandate to construct a number of boreholes in northern Kenya including my constituency in the last financial year. I want to say it clearly that none has been done. I would like to say again that there is a famous canal ... view
• 17 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Kenya’s livestock population is estimated at 16 million animals, comprising of indigenous, exotic and cross-breeds. The major livestock species comprising of nine million zebus cattle, three and a half million exotic and grade cattle, eight million sheep, 11 million goats, 850,000 camels, 330,000 pigs, over 29 million chicken and 470,000 rabbits. Of these, the percentage of the country’s livestock population that is reared in the ASAL regions is as follows:- All the camels, about 60 per cent of the cattle, 60 per cent of the sheep and goats and 30 per ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: the national herd population. We have 850,000 camels that are all found in the ASAL regions. We have 12.5 million beef cattle, of which 7.5 million are found in the ASAL regions, which translates to 60 per cent of the population. The national herd for sheep and goats is 19 million. Out of this, 11.5 million are found in the ASAL regions, which translates to 60 per cent. We have 29 million indigenous poultry, and out of this, 8.7 million are found in the ASAL regions, which translates to 30 per cent. (b) Currently, there are two functional veterinary laboratories ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the sentiment raised by the hon. Member is of great concern to the Government and our Ministry. The vast land in North Eastern and Upper Eastern and the poor infrastructure does not allow veterinarians to work in that region. These are the same issues that we have been discussing in the Ministry in terms of under-funding and marginalization of the Ministry of Livestock Development. I want to assure the hon. Member that working with development partners and donors like the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), currently, we have livestock projects that have incorporated the ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to remind the hon. Member that it is this Parliament which passed the National Livestock Policy. So, the question of whether we have a policy or not does not arise, because we have the National Livestock Policy, which was passed by this House. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On the other issue raised by the hon. Member, it is true that the backbone of the economy of northern Kenya is livestock, and the livestock sector has been marginalised. Again, that answers the question as to why 98 per cent of the people of northern Kenya voted for the Draft Constitution. They know that the only way they can manage the livestock sector is through having their governance structure. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On the third issue, the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) is now in operation. The KMC was left idle for many years but, as we speak, it has regained about 10 per cent of its international market. We expect the KMC to fully regain its lost market in the next two years. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Finally, the Government and the Ministry are in the process of setting up two satellite export abattoirs in Garissa and Isiolo. The funds for this are in the Budget of the current financial year. All these undertakings by the Government show that there is light at the end of the tunnel in terms of putting in place the livestock marketing infrastructure both locally and internationally. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the ASAL districts are those under hon. E.I. Mohamed as the Minister of State for Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands. They are about 22 districts. view