Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 17621 to 17630 of 17659.

• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this population of livestock that we have is vis-a-vis 24,392 veterinary doctors, 2,475 animal health technicians in the Ministry and about 200 private veterinarians. Currently, the ratio of veterinary doctors to livestock in this country is 1 to 53,000 while the desired international standard is 1 to 5,000 in intense production systems and 1 to 20,000 in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) region. From the foregoing, the Ministry needs to employ an additional 1,700 veterinary doctors to bring down the ratio to an average of 1 animal to 12,000 veterinary doctors. (b) It is true that ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I want to thank the hon. Member and this House for the recognition they have given the Ministry of Livestock Development. Secondly, I want to assure this House that yes, for 20-plus years, this Ministry has not employed veterinary doctors and animal health assistants. We are in the process of recruiting them and in the next one or two months, we will have young men and women from Kenyan veterinary colleges who are going to replace the retirees. So, do not worry. view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know that the Kenyan livestock sector has for many years been a victim of the disease controlling it and not vice-versa. I want to assure the hon. Member that we have put in place very strong measures. We told this House last week that we are more than ever before, prepared to contain the Rift Valley Fever that usually comes with the floods. Over Kshs1.3 million is out in the districts where this Rift Valley Fever occurs. Lastly, I know it is this Ministry's wish that as per the Vision 2030, its flagship project is the ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, this year, 800 staff were employed from the cadre of veterinary surgeon to animal health assistants, livestock production assistants, clerks and drivers. I know that next year, there is a programme and an arrangement we have made in the Ministry of Livestock Development. But I want the hon. Members of this House, more so, those from the pastoralist communities, to support the initiative we are discussing as the Government on how we can combine the human census which will be done next year with livestock census. This is because for the pastoralist communities, ... view
• 22 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: October 22, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2931 INADEQUATE FACILITIES/STAFF AT TANGARATWET/CHEPTARIT YOUTH POLYTECHNICS view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that there is the RVF outbreak in Kenya, including north and central Turkana. Prediction of the imminent outbreak of the RVF in this country was made through satellite remote sensing, which was published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the African Union (AU) and Fusenet, among others. I am also aware of confirmed clinical RVF in Southern Sudan between January and June, 2008, as reported to the WHO, animal section, known as the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). It is ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very rare to get that kind of credit from hon. Ethuro. Thank you very much. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know and I want to bow for the support of hon. Members of this House and, more precisely, members of the Pastoral Parliamentary Group. Together, we can address the many challenges facing the livestock sector and the Ministry of Livestock. I am telling you here that we have issues to do with funding and staff. But I want to tell this House that, this year, we are going to recruit up to about ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, what I have said is that, we do not want to have a situation where there are more veterinary officers serving 3.5 million dairy cows against less officers serving the 15 million beef cows we have in ASALs. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Basically, what I am saying is that we will re-distribute our staff. We will take care of the dairy animals in the highlands. But we do not want to have a situation where we have more veterinary officers in the dairy sector with 3.5 million cows against the 15 million beef cattle in this country! view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, today is a happy day for the Ministry of Livestock! The interventions are coming from the pastoralists! Where we have a situation, as the hon. Member has said--- In Mandera, Ijara and Turkana, for instance, where there are no crops, the District Agricultural Officer has more allocation than the District Veterinary Officer and the District Livestock Production Officer. That is the inequitable distribution of resources within Government that, as a Ministry, we are addressing. We are going to call all hon. Members of Parliament and put that issue on the table. We are expecting that, ... view