Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: (c) whether the company plans to compensate those incurring unnecessary expenses. Hon. Speaker, we invited the Member to our meeting and he was able to interrogate the Cabinet Secretary on this response. The Cabinet Secretary responded as follows: The Ministry is aware that Mombasa Salt Works Company Limited processes salt using firewood as its main source of fuel. In regard to sustainability, various measures have been put in place to safeguard the harvesting of indigenous mango and cashewnut trees by the local communities for use as firewood by the company. These measures include: view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: (i) Sustainable harvesting of trees in farmlands is strictly adhered to by ensuring that only over mature senile mangoes, cashewnuts and other fruit trees are harvested and replaced with improved fast growing and high yielding of these fruit trees. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: (ii) No wood fuel materials are sourced from Government forests. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: (iii) No fuel wood material is harvested before it has been assessed and approved by a forest officer. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: (iv)No indigenous trees are allowed to be cut for firewood or other commercial purposes. Consequently, no transportation or movement permits for forest products for indigenous trees are issued. Hon. Speaker, in order to ensure compliance and safeguard against environmental degradation as a result of tree cutting in the farmlands, the Ministry of Environment has put in place the following measures: view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: (i)Establish a local environmental committee comprising of a community member, the area chief, local agricultural officer, forest officer and representatives of other stakeholders like the Kenya Cashewnut Development Authority. The mandate of this committee is to vet and approve the farmer’s application to cut down old fruit trees as well as a follow up in the farms to ensure new trees are planted to replace those cut. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: (ii) Support and advise farmers on taking up the advantage of the prevailing high demand for firewood and other wood products by establishing wood lots or fast growing high yielding tree species for commercial purposes. These species include Casuarina, the Neem tree, eucalyptus and Gramela. The aim is to mitigate the current demand for wood fuel and other construction materials at the Coast. The campaign is being done by the 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
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Kenya Forest Research Institute (KEFRI) and the Coast Development Project. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: (iii) Advise the company to establish their own wood fuel plantation for sustainable supply of firewood in the long run. Already the company has indicated that they own 2,000 acres of land that may have been committed to tree planting. view
• 26 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: (iv) Advise the company to contract local farmers to establish wood lot specifically for supplying them with firewood in the long term. view