Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1351 to 1360 of 2343.

• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Government, through the KFS, has enhanced the protection of the water towers through the following deliberate measures: 1. No extractive activities such as logging or tree cutting are permitted in natural forests within the water towers and biodiversity-protected ecosystem services. 2. No development of major infrastructure that would result in substantive losses of forest or tree cover is permitted, including the development of dams. In addition, the KFS, together with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and other partners, are in the process of developing a Forest Ecosystem Management Plan. Protection of forests is being enhanced by putting ... view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: The third part of the Statement request was on why the Government destroyed more than 30 homesteads in Teret, Mauche Division, without following due process for eviction, and sought timelines when the affected persons would be compensated. view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Minister confirms that there has been no eviction of any homestead in Tenderet, Mauche Division. view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. When the Cabinet Secretary appeared before our Committee, we actually pressed the Ministry officials and indicated to them that the Member of Parliament would not have raised this matter if there were no people who had been evicted, but they stuck to their response. What they informed us is that in the past they have been wrongly accused of evictions that were done by parties other than the Ministry. One of the things they told us is that they were aware that parts of their forest had been invaded, but they have not evicted anybody and ... view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: So, if I went there on an impromptu visit and found some evictees, and they claimed that they were evicted by the Ministry but the Ministry denied, what solution would I be able to give the hon. Member? view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we summoned the Minister and we invited hon. Kiuna. The Minister was represented by the Principal Secretary. Hon. Kiuna did not attend. Nonetheless, when we insisted that a Member cannot bring a question if no evictions have taken place, they gave us examples of places where the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has been accused of evicting people and it is not true. I am now at a loss because hon. Kiuna was not there to clarify. Could I have taken the Statement from the Principal Secretary as a lie? That is my predicament now. view
• 11 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I will ask the KWS to give that information but on the figures of compensation, we are the ones who passed the figure in this House. We have it that if somebody dies they get Kshs5 million irrespective of age or any other issue. If they are injured, you follow the figures that are mentioned in the Act. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to apologize for coming in late. I would also like to assure the Member for Naivasha that he will have his Statement in a week’s time because it is an old Statement. view
• 10 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Next week on Tuesday. view