Jacob Waweru Macharia

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: THAT, aware that the ever increasing cost of power remains a burden to many Kenyans who find themselves struggling to pay or have their power disconnected; noting that numerous community-driven water projects, especially water boreholes, have stalled due to the high cost of electricity; further aware that, that challenge has a potential to greatly impact livelihoods given that water is a necessity for life; this House resolves that the Government subsidizes power supply to community water projects to enable Kenyans without access to tapped water benefit from that crucial resource. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Speaker. I do not have a direct answer but I promise to follow this up and provide an answer by this afternoon. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, an answer on when we can react to that. I will consult the Chairperson and then I can answer the hon. Member this afternoon on when we can react. 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
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Motion by hon. Onesmus Muthomi Njuki, proposing that the compensation for farmers or for people who are killed by wildlife be raised from Kshs.200,000 to Kshs.1 million and also for those injured be raised to Kshs.200,000 from Kshs.50,000. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Despite the fact that my constituency does not have human-wildlife conflict per se, I would like to talk about the plight of Kenyans and especially farmers from Mt. Kenya region. Farmers are actually pushed into being creative to ensure that wildlife does not destroy their crops. Farmers in these regions have found it not profitable to be near game parks. Most of them have started looking at wildlife as food and that is why when rangers gun down elephants or buffalos, our farmers scramble for the meat. They no longer value these animals. There is desperation because of the little ... view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: I recall a case in Oljororok sometimes back where the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) or the Department that deals with wildlife in Kenya purported that a farmer who 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
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: had gone to guard his crops had tried to milk an elephant. This talk was meant to evade compensating the farmer because we know that it is not possible for a human being to milk an elephant. It becomes very difficult for KWS to compensate people who are injured by wildlife. The Mover of the Motion should not only look at compensation but also into mechanisms of compensation. In thousands of cases, KWS and other government agencies have been able to go round the cases and leave the farmers and the people affected without any compensation. view
• 18 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: I support the Motion. Thank you, hon. Speaker Sir. view
• 18 Jul 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I am a member of the Committee on Delegated Legislation, and I would like to say that I will take this request for a Statement to our committee; in my own estimation we should be able to give it in two weeks time. That is after the recess. Thank you. view