Francis Chachu Ganya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to support the Livestock and Livestock Products Marketing Board Bill. I want to thank Hon. Bashir Abdullaih for this very important Bill that will support the livestock sector in this country. An attempt was made to pass this Bill during the 11th Parliament, but it did not go through the whole cycle of a Bill to be an Act of Parliament. So, it has been revived in the current Parliament. I want to thank Hon. Abdullaih for this effort. This Bill will streamline the marketing of livestock and livestock products ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: others, that do not only promote the sectors through marketing, but also invest seriously in research to ensure that the products are well marketed and they deliver significant benefits to the farmers who produce them. There is no State corporation that supports the livestock sector in this country. The Kenya Meat Commission (KMC), which has been there since the colonial times, is dead in terms of its functions. It is not doing much to support livestock in this country. If the KMC could be revived and we invest in it like we have done in the tea, dairy and coffee ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Bill, the Representation of Special Interest Groups Laws (Amendment Bill) National Assembly Bill No.59 of 2019. As I support, I really want thank the Committee for the good work they have done. This is the only Bill that we actually failed to implement in the last Parliament and yet it is very important. It focusses on the special interest groups, marginalised communities, minorities, youth, women and persons with disabilities. These are the most marginal groups in our society. The law that is supposed to enable them represent the interests of those ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Once this Bill is enacted, that will be a thing of the past. Our Constitution is clear that political parties must deal with those provisions of the law as they make those registrations. Otherwise, anybody can go to court and challenge their decision. Because of that, I want to appreciate the Committee for its efforts. It is important that all the laws that need to be amended are clearly amended. The beauty of this is that it provides for a monitoring mechanism that will ensure that, 10 years from today, we will be able to gauge whether we have achieved ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of Order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, is it in order for my very good friend to state that those Members of Parliament who were in Naivasha and charged with the task of negotiating the Constitution came up with the idea of one-third gender rule? Yes, we increased the number of constituencies using the formula under Article 89 of the Constitution. The issue of the two-third gender rule – and Hon. Kioni, the Chairman, is here and we were together in that Committee - was never an issue that we discussed. I do not remember debating those issues. The HANSARD is there to bear me ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion on the Petition by the Executive for the Variation of the Boundaries of Mount Elgon Forest Reserve. At the outset, I support the Motion. I am a Member of this Committee. Conservation must have human face. If we need to have sustainable conservation in this country, we must realise that human beings are part of that ecosystem and habitat. If we want to conserve our forest and environment in a way that is sustainable and effective in use, it is critical that we look at ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: It is important to realise that human beings are part of that ecosystem. The forest is the home of the Dorobo people who live there. We made a field visit to this region. This variation will basically enable the people who have lived in that ecosystem for almost the last 50 years to have a home. Whether we set this land aside for them or not, they will still live and utilise that forest and we will not have sustainable land use practice because they will not call that land their home because they do not have title deeds. They ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: This has come to us simply because as Parliament, we are the only ones with the constitutional mandate to vary boundaries of forests or national parks. This can only be done through Parliament. That is why this Motion is before this House. Two Departmental Committees of this House - the Departmental Committee on Lands and Departmental Committee The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: on Environment and Natural Resources- jointly assessed this Petition. We all concurred that there is need to agree with the Government on their request for this Petition. If you look at our Report, we were all in agreement. There is no single dissenting view. Two Departmental Committees of this House were given a task and they did it well. I am sure they will guide this House to do what is right. An environmental impact assessment was done. Varying the boundaries of Mt. Elgon Forest Reserve will not add any degrading impact on the ecosystem and ecology of that environment. ... view