Ekwee David Ethuro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also wish to commend the hon. Minister James Aggrey Bob Orengo for a good job that he is doing in the Ministry. I would have been extremely disappointed if he did otherwise. This is because if there is one personality that represents the face of reforms in this country, it is one James Aggrey Bob Orengo. However, I want him now to realize that the days of activism and looking for multi-partysm are gone. I want him now to be extremely active in the Ministry. I am happy because I knew all along, apart from ... view
• 12 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: resettlement of IDPs is because of your low absorption capacity? In the Supplementary Estimates, you were to be given Kshs2 million which you could not use because you had not used the previous Kshs1 million. We will be interrogating that at the Committee Stage. Is the Minister looking at areas like Turkana where we have about 10,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and where we have been able to give land because we have no issues of land like the rest of Kenya? Can the Minister compensate those areas? These people are ready. The programme is there and your Ministry can ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you have heard the Assistant Minister give percentages of the livestock that are found in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) and statistics do not lie. I want to believe that the reason why those statistics were being sought was to consider whether the returns from the investments in the ASAL area are commensurate with the population of livestock in those areas. How much has the Ministry invested in the ASAL areas in terms of extension services, personnel and disease surveillance? The Assistant Minister keeps on talking about the promises in the new Constitution when it is ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: asked the Minister for the Development of Northern Kenya and Other Arid Lands:- (a) whether he could provide details of the allocations and disbursements to all the constituencies/districts under the mandate of the Arid Lands Resource Management Programme (ARLMP) since inception to date, giving percentages vis-a-vis total allocations; (b) what criteria the Government uses to define land as Arid Land and what constitutes Northern Kenya; and, (c) whether he could state the specific projects undertaken in the larger Turkana Region, indicating amount per project, project location and completion dates per financial year of project existence and also state the criteria ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to thank the Minister for giving a very comprehensive answer to my question, save for part (b) where I was asking the specific criteria that the Government uses to define land as arid. He said it is done by KARI while I had the fortune of working for this organization and I know land in Kenya is under agricultural eco zones. The sixth and seventh criteria should be the one that is applied in terms of aridity. Then if he uses that kind of knowledge that I have first, then the question I am asking ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I ask my last question, I would like to respond to the fortune I was referring to. The fortune I derive from them is capacity that you as the chair is utilizing very well and everything does not need to be translated into money. view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: That is correct, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand--- view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand guided, including demonstrating that fortune. My last question is, if you look at the allocation to the headquarters whose components the Minister was at pains to explain, it consumes 36 per cent of the Kshs10 billion that this programme has utilized. Could the Minister justify if 36 per cent is the amount to be left at the headquarters when this money is supposed to help to develop arid areas that need every penny that can come from the State coffers? view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really agree with the Minister in terms of protecting our farmers and our agricultural sector in particular. The European market is a very important market for this region and this country, in particular. But I am just wondering what the Minister has done to communicate the kind of effects that he is telling this House to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) that has gone out of its way to advertise in the national media against EPAs. That is a publicly funded organization and I am just wondering how one arm of the ... view
• 11 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. While I appreciate the answer given by the Minister, is it in order for a Minister to encourage this House and the public to ignore, when this House and the public expect action from the Government against anybody misleading the country? You have the legal avenue to use! Why are you not using that avenue rather than appealing to us to ignore? Is that a sufficient answer from a Minister of the Government? view