Francis Chachu Ganya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: There were two issues here for mediation. One is whether the civil society should be represented in the National Climate Change Council. The civil society in this country is the one which has really worked very hard to make climate change an issue of concern for this nation. They are actually well organised. They have international umbrella bodies and, together with other stakeholders, they have worked with us in the National Assembly to ensure that this country has climate change legislation. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: As a country, we already have a climate Change Action Plan as a result of their effort, the effort of other stakeholders and the effort of many others in the Government. If this Bill will go through, we will be one of the few countries in the world with a climate change law. When we go to these global conferences on climate change, we will walk proudly as a nation with our heads up knowing that we are doing our bit to manage the crisis of climate change. For these reasons, we feel very strongly that members of the civil ... view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I support the Chairman’s amendment. This is where private land is converted to community land and not the other way round. As a major proponent of community land, if I can get all private land converted to community land, I will be a very happy man. I support. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I want guidance from the Chair of the Committee on the issue of penalty. We are reducing the penalty from one year to six months, but listening to my colleagues contributing, it sounds as if it is something different from what is in the Order Paper. So, I want the Chair to clarify what exactly he is trying to achieve by reducing the term from one year to six months before I contribute. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. At the outset, I strongly support this amendment. I want to thank this Committee which is really progressive and has considered very many critical issues. We have worked with it as pastoralist Members of Parliament, and most of our issues have been addressed. In our counties, governors are busy allocating land to investors yet they have no role at all to do that. This law makes all those transactions null and void. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I strongly support the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Lands. As the Pastoralists Parliamentary Group, we are a caucus of about 84 Members of Parliament. We are the ones who came up with this definition. We wanted to expand what was in the Bill. To be honest, we also felt that the definition in the Constitution is limiting. As owners of community land in this country, we are very comfortable with this definition. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, at the outset, I would like to thank the Departmental Committee on Lands led by Hon. Alex Mwiru. As a caucus of Pastoralist Parliamentary Group who are largely affected by this Community Land Bill, we engaged as colleagues with a lot of respect. We even joined the Committee in their retreats in Mombasa and here because we felt we should work through the Committee instead of bringing individual amendments as Members. I thank them for the opportunity they gave us to address issues of grave concern to our people. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: For the nine years I have been in this Parliament, there have been clan clashes and an elder called Murkulu called me from North Horr and told me that there is a very bad Bill about land in Parliament. He pleaded with me to take a hard look on it. I am glad I was able to do that with the help of the community. view
• 20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I strongly support the Committee’s amendment. view