Francis Chachu Ganya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, even the Millinium Development Goal No.2, in particular, has committed to having the number of hungry people in the world by 2012---- This MDG is not likely to be realized especially in Africa and, particularly in Kenya, even in the next decade. Globally, the number of people suffering from hunger is at an all time high of 1.2 billion. This is according Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Report of 2009. About 75 per cent of this world hungry people are peasant workers, pastoralists, indigenous communities, as well as our women. The impact of drought on our ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in the past four decades, drought has become more intense, more widespread and more severe. Just to give you an example, emergency drought in Kenya was serious in 1983,1984, 1991,1992,1996, 1997,1999 and 2001, 2004,2005 and 2006 and last in 2009/2010 and 2011- just last year. That drought affected directly more than ten million Kenyans and had a major adverse impact on our economy. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, just in 1999 to 2001, 4 million people depended entirely on relief food, which was estimated to cost US$415 million. This is largely in Northern Parts of Kenya. There are so many humanitarian impacts of droughts on our lives. It shortens our lifespan; the threatening interventions are so severe; congenital and physical disabilities resulting from chronic under-malnutrition. Also the people who are affected are constantly on the brink of disaster, which has a major impact on their own psychology. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, also, there is severe economic impact of drought and food insecurity on our nation. When famine occurs, it contributes to a massive degradation of our natural assets, especially livestock, which is the backbone of the pastoralist economy. It diverts resources away from potentially more productive uses, as our nation invests in drought emergencies. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the impact of drought is further exacerbated by factors that increase vulnerability and compromise the capacity of those affected to recover, especially pastoralists, due to food insecurity, limited livelihood diversification, inadequate social and physical infrastructure, poor marketing systems, as well as low investment in the livestock sector. Therefore, more attention is required to manage climate reliability and impact on climate sensitive lives of pastoralism. We need to promote better social protection programmes for the vulnerable Kenyans and pastoralists. There is also need to build adaptive capacity in pastoral regions to reduce poverty and enhance economic growth. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, achievements of MDGs especially those related to poverty and hunger cannot be realized unless sound drought management systems are put in place. The National Drought Management Authority is an institutional response for drought management for our Republic. Progress towards many of those MDGs targets reduction in poverty, malnutrition, unemployment, child mortality, as well as maternal health. This Bill--- view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just want to state that I have worked very closely with the Minister. There was a stakeholder’s workshop in Naivasha with officials from his Ministry as well as members of the National Drought Management Authority. So, we view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: have been working very closely and I hope he will be here. But we have been working very closely. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I conclude the background information on this Bill, sustainable development can only be achieved through more effective drought management structures spearheaded by such specialized drought management agencies such as the one I have proposed in this Bill; the National Drought Management Authority. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this Bill has five parts. Part one is basically on preliminaries, giving the definition and concepts in the Bill. Part two is about the National Drought Management Authority. This is particularly about the establishment of a State corporation to spearhead the management of drought in our country. Part three is about financial obligations of the National Drought Management Authority and Part Four is about miscellaneous provisions. Finally, Part Five is about savings, transitions and repeal. Let me just discuss briefly a few of these parts, which are relevant. view