Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah

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• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I will be very brief on this issue. First, I want to congratulate Sen. Kasanga for coming up with this very important Motion on the formation of a community forests association to aid in the management of forests resource within counties. I believe we all went through geography classes. Therefore, the importance of forests in our country must not be over emphasized. Forests are very important. As stated in this Motion, they prevent floods, drought, soil erosion and sedimentation. It is very important for us, as a leadership to support Sen. Kasanga on the establishment ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the initiative of the formation of community forest associations simply because the only people who can protect the forests are the immediate communities. We know that the forests are vast and, therefore, the forest department does not have capacity to deploy enough police officers to protect the forests. It is, therefore, important for us to have community forest associations in place. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: We need to have incentives for the communities living around the forests. It is sad that the same people who protect the Kakamega Forest; the communities of the Isukhas, Idakhos and Kabras, are antagonized by the forest police. There are instances where old women who go to the forest to collect firewood are arrested and beaten up, just because they went into the forest. It is very unfair for such people to be antagonized. We need to give the surrounding communities incentives. Firewood consists of the pieces of trees that have fallen down, which if left there will decompose. It ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the young men who go to the forests to graze end up being arrested, taken to court and fined a lot of money simply because they took a cow or two to graze in the forest. Allowing local communities to collect firewood and graze their animals are some of the incentives that the forest department should consider to give the communities living around the forests. It is ironical that when the communities surrounding forests are bereaved, the forest department pretends to be part of the community by donating the same firewood that they refused the old woman ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the Mau Forest does not belong to a community. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank the Senators for the misinformation. We have grown up in this country and are aware that the Mau Forest is a forest. It is not a place for the people of that area to live in. It is, therefore, important for these leaders to know that we shall not allow any compensation of persons who have invaded forest land. It is a shame for us to start compensating people who stole from this country. It is not possible to be part of that. Let the Mau evictees know that they were living in a forest ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, my point is that leaders should be genuine when it comes to protecting our environment. We have seen leaders who have done commendable work in tree planting. Sen. Olekina has planted thousands of trees. We should encourage such leaders and not the ones who go to forest areas to blow trumpets of animosity and incite the members of the public against the Government that they exist in. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: These are the delegates. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Report because I was a Member of the ad hoc Committee and--- view