Charity Ngilu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion, and want to say that this is one of my proudest days. I am very proud to be a Member of the Tenth Parliament. I think the Tenth Parliament has achieved a lot. We have been in this House for many years, since 1992 fighting to give Kenyans a new constitution. I can now see light at the end of the tunnel. I do hope that the Members that have been so carefully selected by this House will ensure that they they serve as per expectation, and that they will ... view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (a) Yes, I am aware that the water level of Lake Turkana has gone down substantially due to the damming of River Omo on the Ethiopian side. The river is the main source of water for the Lake. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (b) Lake Turkana is a trans-boundary water resource that is shared between Kenya and Ethiopia. In order to sustainably manage the shared water resource like Lake Turkana Basin, there is need to put in place a co-operative framework as an agreement between Kenya and Ethiopia for the sustainable management of the Lake and the rivers feeding it. To that end, my Ministry, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has initiated the negotiation process with Ethiopia in order to develop a co-operative framework that will enable Kenya and Ethiopia to jointly regulate the use of River Omo that will lead to ... view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, I hope the hon. Member knows that I personally visited the area only last week to see for myself what is happening. It is true that we should put in place a legal framework that will ensure that the trans-boundary water resource that is shared between Kenya and Ethiopia enhances the sustainability of the water resource. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it cannot be done overnight. There are negotiations that need to take place. They are very aware of what has got to be done. In the case of Lake Victoria, we have the Nile view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: 4064 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES December 11, 2008 Basin Initiative that has been there for a long time. We are also working on that right now to ensure that all the water from our resources within Lake Victoria do not flow to those other countries. In fact, I will soon be bringing that issue to Parliament, so that you can all help me to deal with it. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Water Resource Management Authority (WRMA) is dealing with that. The hon. Member is right. That is happening left, right and centre, and people have just gone wild doing the wrong things. So, I will soon be bringing to this House some law to be passed, so that we can deal with some of those people. In fact, some of the things that are happening are being done by the very same people who should be protecting our water resource areas. For instance, even here in Nairobi, somebody is putting up 20 big maisonettes just next to ... view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we are putting in a team that is going to engage the Government of Ethiopia so that we can agree on how we are going to deal with this very, very serious issue. I do really agree that this is a very serious issue. In actual fact, if we do not get water coming from River Omo to Lake Turkana, that lake will surely dry up. We will not be getting fresh water in Lake Turkana. We will be getting very little water that will be coming ... view