Ferdinand Waititu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that River Ragati is experiencing considerable low flow due to the long dry spell being experienced in the area and over- abstraction of water from the river by community based projects for domestic and irrigation purposes. Some of the water abstractions are illegal. The dam was designed according to the recommendations in the guidelines for design and construction for dams and pans in Kenya, and the provision to maintain environmental flow within the river course was allowed during design and construction of the dam. My Ministry held a meeting on 20th July, 2011 ... view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: (i) Installation of measuring flow control devices at all abstraction points; view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: (ii) Issuance of irrigation orders to regulate abstraction by Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA); view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: (iii) Audit and vetting of all abstraction water works for proper monitoring and rationing of water supply. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, after the above measures were taken, and environmental flow has been maintained within the river course, my Ministry is planning to supply the western side of Mathira Constituency with water from the dam. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I appreciate the concern of the hon. Member, what he has forgotten is that there are so many people using the water from the river and only a small amount is flowing to the dam. Actually that is the main problem and there has also been a long spell of drought. We have not had rains in the area for some time. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think everybody is aware that we have had a long spell of drought. That is the main problem. There is no water flowing to the dam right now because of the drought. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: It is also true that there are some people using the water upstream. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Near the forest. view
• 23 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the information I have is that we have had a meeting with the Community Based Organizations (CBOs) there – the ones that are abstracting this water – on 20th July and all the measures were agreed upon with the people who are abstracting that water for irrigation purposes. There was a proper arrangement with the people there. view