Francis Waweru Nderitu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Secretary (CS) but some of these functions are outright. On the issue of registration of titles, the work of the NLC is only to advise on policy matters and comprehensive registration of land. So, we find it a bit worrying when some of our colleagues say that there are some powers that we are trying to remove from the NLC and we are dishing them to the CS. So, we are very keen on that. I am very sure that if we pass this Bill, the problems that we have been experiencing will not be there at all. Under Clause ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I am Member of that Committee and we have visited so many places to investigate land issues. Munengi Forest in Naivasha had the same issue that Hon. (Dr.) Pukose has raised. I sympathise with what they are going through, but it will be bad to set a precedent whereby anyone with an issue concerning a forest brings its name to Parliament and we approve it. The clause that has been introduced would fit so well because I know there are many Members with similar problems. Initiation of the process from the Executive to this ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I would like to support the amendment by the Chair. It will be very important to have a very clear way of degazetting forests. We have a lot of issues with our forests and if we are not clear, people might sneak in other amendments in our Bills that are likely to degazette forests. Knowing that the international requirement of 10 per cent forest cover should be implemented in Kenya, we should be very careful with the existing forest and any other land that has been illegally acquired that people have been agitating to degazette as forest land. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I was looking forward to another one. view
• 16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I am a Member of the Departmental Committee on Lands. I would like to happily report that we had numerous meetings during which we discussed the Bill with various interested parties. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: A taskforce was formed under the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development to come up with proposals to be contained in the Bill. The taskforce gave us recommendations. During the Committee of the whole House, we will introduce a lot of those recommendations. There is also the issue as to whether the taskforce Bill was ignored. I would like to report that the taskforce was formed under the guidance of the Ministry. When the Ministry drafted the Bill, they borrowed heavily from the taskforce’s recommendations. Most of the issues that arose were tackled in the taskforce. An example is ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: surveyors to demarcate the actual area that is going to be registered. So, this is a good move. I know that most of the suggestions that have been given to us will be carried forward during the Committee of the whole House. view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We are very sure that the involvement of the county government has been a very controversial area because people were not very happy with the way the former local authorities utilised public land. There is a lot of fear that there might be misuse of public land. That is why most of the people who talked to us expressed concern. In this Bill, we are stating clearly the role of the county government. As far as the issue of using land is concerned, it is left to the community. There are many people who wanted us to give more roles ... view
• 2 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The issue of whether the county government can alienate community land has been a thorn in the flesh. Most of the people we interacted with felt that the county government should not be given that right. There is also the issue of the right of use of land. We know very well that there is a transition period during which communities have to identify themselves for purposes of registration. There are people who asked what will happen to lands which have minerals. Most of them suggested that we introduce a transitional clause to allow the county government to guide the ... view