Gideon Ndambuki

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 961 to 970 of 1161.

• 8 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member wants me to take northern Kenya population and ASALs seriously next year. I do not know! I am not the Minister for Finance! But the only thing I could say is that the Government has already created the Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands. We have also allocated quite a substantial amount of money to the North Eastern districts to cater for harvesting of water and, also, to promote the production of drought-tolerant traditional foods. That is going to take care of all ASALs. view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the Nyayo Tea Zones Development Corporation, in conjunction with the Kenya Forest Service, has established seven hectares of eucalyptus trees in gazetted forest areas adjacent to Bosto and Kipseonoi blocks, which are unsuitable for indigenous trees and tea. (b) My Ministry has continued soil conservation activities in the area and, indeed, the Corporation's activities have seen the resurgence streams and springs, benefiting the Bosto Community with two water projects. There are no plans to compensate the farmers for any losses. view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, I would like to correct the hon. Member. I am not lying! That is also not really a parliamentary word. The two projects which are being done there are Kapterer Water Project Phase I and II, and they are fed by Kipseonoi and Meswondo springs. view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are not really destroying the environment. The Chief Conservator of Forests is the one who have guiding this corporation to plant the trees. They are purely being planted as a buffer for the tea and other crops as well as for firewood. Even before the eucalyptus trees were planted, the area was not really productive. I mean the trees which were there were not of any use. view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all that we are doing is being done in consultation with the Chief Conservator of Forests. He is the one who is advising the farmers. The fuelwood is being used by the tea factories around there. It is not that the Nyayo Tea Zone Corporation has become a eucalyptus corporation. It is only planting trees in the areas where they border with the forest. They are doing this to also prevent encroachment of the forest. view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the information I have from the officers is that an environmental impact assessment was done before the eucalyptus trees were planted. They have found out that there is no any damage being caused by the eucalyptus trees. view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the planting of the eucalyptus trees is being done as a buffer to protect the tea. It is not that the corporation has abandoned its mandate and started planting eucalyptus trees. Eucalyptus trees are only planted in areas where the farmers border with the forest, so as to avoid encroachment of the forest and also to enable the farmers to have some firewood. view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before we go to that, did you hear what Mr. Ruto said? He said that I come from an area which does not grow tea and, therefore I do not know what it looks like? Do I need to--- view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have seen tea. You do not need to--- view
• 3 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, an environmental impact study was done in that area, covering seven hectares, where the corporation has planted the eucalyptus trees. The Forestry Department is comfortable with what the corporation did. The corporation is growing the trees for firewood and for the factories around there. So, it is not something which was done out of the blues. There was a study which was done, and it was agreed that they plant the trees. view