Jacob Waweru Macharia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Sir. I rise to make a follow up on a Statement that I had requested from Hon. AsmanKamama’s Departmental Committee about the state of the motorcycle industry. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: It is has come to the attention of this country that motorcyclists are now being used as hit men although I have not received the Statement since July. I would like to remind Hon. Kamama that I am still waiting for that Statement. view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I, again, seek your indulgence that I ask a simple question the Leader of Majority. We know that we are celebrating Kenya at 50. We have seen activities around Kasarani in Nairobi. What is the Government’s plan for the people in the rural areas and villages to celebrate Kenya at 50? view
• 5 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I would like to thank the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, hon. (Ms.) Amina Abdalla, for ensuring that the two warring parties – the wild animals and wananchi or the common person - can now meet and agree to work in tandem through this Bill. view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: As all of us are aware, whenever the Government declares any area in this country to be a game park, there is anxiety and the people of the area are usually not happy because of the way the Government through the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has dealt with people who live near or around game parks in the past. This was in a manner to suggest that animals and tourists are more important than wananchi who live around that area. view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: We have seen in the past crackdown when animals have been killed. We have also seen animals get into people’s farms and when they are killed people are arrested. We have also seen instances in the past where crops have been destroyed and compensation has been hard to come. The bureaucracy in the KWS is longer when farmers claim compensation or people claim compensation for the death of their loved ones than when people suspected of killing game are being prosecuted. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support this Bill mostly because it is involving the people at the county level where we have seen a set up that looks like home rangers. We know that in some areas of this country where game parks are mainly in central Kenya and some parts of Nakuru County, people live in their houses with empty view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: preparing to chase away marauding elephants that destroy their crops. Therefore, the involvement of the local community in the management and ensuring that, at least, they have a say in what happens around the game parks is a milestone of this Bill. view
• 21 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Finally, I would like to air my voice on the fact that we have seen this Bill attempt to equalize or put at a level playing ground the issue of compensation versus fines. This is because in the past if one killed a wild animal, the fine was bigger and sometimes prohibitive. However, if someone is killed by a wild animal, the compensation is little. Probably, it would be Kshs1 million or Kshs200,000. view