Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 41 to 50 of 1873.

• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: It provides the only permanent source of water for the largest remaining overland migration in the world of 1.2 million wildebeests, and it sustains large populations of many other wildlife species such as hippopotamus and fish. The river also provides water for nearly a million people living in the river basin. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Recently, due to water pollution, hippopotamus in the Mara River are appearing to have peeling skins and discoloration, a condition scientists call “leucism”. It is not only the hippopotamus which are affected by this pollution but also the fish are dying in their thousands, the wildebeests and humans. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: The water in the Mara River is so polluted that even grazing cows only smell it and walk away without drinking no matter their thirst. If this is the case, imagine the conditions that the hippopotamus, wildebeests and fish have to endure. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Besides the poor water conditions, hippopotamus have, over time, been forced to gather in enclosed areas and small pools, because of the increasing number of hotels and tented camps in the Maasai Mara National Reserve. These hotels and camps have occupied their habitats and pools and now the hippopotamus have been pushed into the rivers, which are already reeling from the effects of climate change and human activities upstream. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: There are over 200 hotels and camps in the entire Maasai Mara National Reserve, most of which are discharging untreated waste into the Mara River. These hotels and camps are rarely monitored by the relevant Government agencies for compliance, yet some of them are discharging raw waste even going to the extent of throwing inorganic waste into the river. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: According to the Water Resources Users Association (WRUA), other activities that have caused pollution in the Mara River are the use of fertilisers, insecticides and other agrochemicals upstream, clearing of vegetation in the Mau Forest and sand harvesting. Some farmers have also been using water from the Mara River tributaries for irrigation, leading to low water volumes. The level of pollution has increased over the years due to urbanisation and the growing human population. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: The United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Environmental Alerts Service (UNEP-GEAS), has repeatedly warned that the pollution of the Mara River and its tributaries threatens the iconic wildebeest migration and is likely to reduce tourism in the Mara-Serengeti region. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Many wildebeest populations are in drastic decline across the region. Their dispersal areas and migratory corridors are being lost due to high human population densities, increasing urbanisation, expanding agriculture and fences. This is quite disheartening as the loss of these wildebeests will contribute to biodiversity decline and jeopardise tourism in Kenya and other ecosystem services. view
• 6 Apr 2022 in Senate: Similarly, the World-Wide Fund for Nature says, in a report released last year, that fish are being driven to extinction in the Mara River Basin, putting the livelihoods of more than one million people in Kenya and Tanzania in jeopardy. The collective pollution threatens Lake Victoria, which receives waters from the Mara River. view