Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1231 to 1240 of 2343.

• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: (ii) Whether there are any plans by these fruit canners to treat this affluent. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Secondly, he asked whether there are any plans by these fruit canners to treat their affluent which is released into the river for the safety of the users and the environment downstream and thirdly, the plans in place for relevant Government bodies to prevent such occurrences. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to read the following response. The main industries in Thika River basin are Del Monte, Yatta Fruit Canners and tea factories in the upper reaches of the river. Waste water from these industries is treated in accordance with an affluent discharge control plan that has been approved by the Water Resource Management Authority (WARMA). view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the companies are adhering to an affluent discharge plan as per their permit. These industries are complying with this plan except for the occasional instances when tea factories experience challenges in affluent treatment during the heavy rains. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, on farm activities such as crop spray and the content of such sprays is regulated by the Kenya Plant Health Protection Services which also monitors pesticide residues in crops. As such, the contents of the sprays used are not controlled by WARMA. However, whenever incidences of pollution from pesticide spillage or wrong timing in application are detected, WARMA works with the relevant agencies to agree and take remedial measures. In this regard, WARMA has not experienced any such incidences in the Thika basin. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, as stated earlier, industries have an obligation to treat their waste water in accordance with an affluent discharge control plan approved by WARMA. WARMA as the regulator of water resources has to monitor and ensure the plan is complied with. In this connection, the Ministry undertakes to ensure that WARMA together with other concerned agencies such as National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) under the Ministry--- view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: The Ministry undertakes a rigorous sampling and screening quality assurance exercise on Thika River for pesticide residues and to take appropriate action. The Ministry also undertakes to table within two months a report on the appropriate action. Thank you. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, on the clarification sought by hon. Mwangangi, in terms of pushing the Ministry to provide a report, I will do so because the two months period will be lapsing next week. On the question of canners polluting the water, which is similar to that raised by hon. Dan Maanzo about the effects of the affluent on fish, the information that the Ministry officials had as at the time of the Committee’s sitting implicated only the tea factories in the upper catchment area as those who had challenges with affluents. Upon hon. Mwangangi’s insistence that the canners did ... view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: canners were liable for polluting the water. However, hon. Mwangangi demanded that M/s WARMA and the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) jointly undertake an actual assessment to prove or disprove his allegation. So, that is where we are. view
• 22 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House, today, Tuesday, 22nd July, 2014:- Report on the Departmental Committee on--- 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