24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
accommodate a Dash 8 Aircraft which is normally used by the Kenya Air Force and the average acreage which was required.
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24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
After meeting the Narok County Government officials who were led by their Governor, Hon. Samuel Kuntai Tunai, the Ministry was informed that the land in the county is privately owned. This would therefore force the Ministry of Defence to acquire the land from private owners who will be the willing seller-willing buyer or sometimes by compulsory acquisition as it is in law. There was no public land owned by the Narok County Government which could be offered to the Ministry of Defence, especially taking into consideration the specification they had been given. The area they found suitable is privately owned. ...
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24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Between 27th and 29th December 2017, a team of senior officers which composed of representative from the headquarters of the Ministry, Kenya Army and Kenya Air Force visited Narok County again and they took that reconnaissance or recce exercise to establish the most suitable area to locate the radar site and also a military camp. This is the time they resolved that the land to be acquired should be about 5000 acres which will accommodate the squadron of the air base, the regiment and the runway which could be used for a fixed wing aircraft, the Dash 8 Aircraft, that ...
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24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
The Ministry of Defence requested the National Land Commission (NLC) to facilitate the valuation process to ensure the proper value of the land was determined – the NLC has been facing several accusations of overvaluing land – and furnish the Ministry with a valuation report on the general area of interest for planning purposes. That was done. It has been determined that the total size of land adequate for the Kenya Airforce Forward Operating Base, the radar site, the military camp and the training area is about 5,000 acres but it is to be acquired in phases due to inadequacy ...
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24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
The Ministry of Defence later on appointed a negotiating committee in accordance with the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 to enter into negotiation on the Narok land issue. Currently, the Ministry is in the process of acquiring 876 acres for the FOB. The increase from 570 acres to 876 acres is due to the size of the individual parcel of land which will be purchased as whole. The owner of the parcel said he would sell it all instead of the 570 acres because he would not know what to do with the remainder with the military as ...
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24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
As we speak, the Ministry of Defence has released the money to the NLC to pay the two affected individuals. I am informed that they have paid. The Committee observed the following: (i) The size of land required for the installation of the radar and the setting up of the FOB in Narok is 876 acres and the identified land is privately owned. (ii) The initial budget set aside for Phase I of the project in the Financial Year 2017/2018 was Kshs400 million and a total of Kshs175,866,730 will be used to compensate the projected affected person and the balance ...
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24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have a point of information. I want to inform the House. The problem with some Members at times is that we contribute without reading the reports being discussed. Unfortunately, some Members say that they have read the Report but they proceed to give misleading information. I want Members to know two things on public participation. It is good for them to know and make their decision.
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24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
On 25th October 2018, as indicated in the Report, the area Member of Parliament, the Member for Narok West, appeared before the Committee. On 19th March 2019, Hon. ole Kenta wrote a letter to the Committee, on behalf of the four elected Members of Parliament of Narok County – Narok North, Narok South, Narok East and Narok West Constituencies – requesting to appear before the Committee on their behalf. His request was granted and he appeared before the Committee two days later. The whole Committee visited Narok County and held a series of meetings, which are documented in the Report. ...
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24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
On the issue of environment impact assessment, which has been alleged not to have been done, in October last year, when the NEMA appeared before the Committee, they said that they were yet to do the environment impact assessment. That position is also captured in the Report. However, by February this year, NEMA had done the assessment. We had told them, as a Committee that we would not proceed until they did the environment impact assessment. Their certificate is attached to the Report.
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24 Jul 2019 in National Assembly:
So, the problem is that some Members have not read the Report.
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