20 Feb 2020 in National Assembly:
to 26 Questions from the various CSs in the ministries under its purview. Seven Questions were deferred due to unavailability of the relevant CSs to address them. One Question, which was touching on irrigation was referred to the Departmental Committee of Agriculture and Livestock. Hon. Speaker, allow me to note that as the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, we observed that issues of human-wildlife conflict raised many Questions due to its impact on the ground. During our interaction with the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife, it was agreed that in order to fast-track the issues of compensation to ...
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5 Nov 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on its consideration of a Petition regarding Human-Wildlife Conflict in Kibwezi East Constituency.
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17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on an inquiry into the status of dams in Kenya. I thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:
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17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
THAT, this House adopts the report of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on an inquiry into the status of dams in Kenya, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 17th October 2019. I thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank Hon. Christopher Omulele for highlighting this grave issue which was a serious oversight on our part as Members of Parliament and on the two joint Committees. As a Committee, we have been having serious issues with the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). Besides the validity of this licence, when you look at the conditions which have been set, they are like for a construction site. When NEMA is issuing all these licences, they copy and paste, especially when it comes to the conditions. These are some of the issues which we, as ...
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15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
We want to admit that the licence which was issued has expired. It was issued in 2011 and was valid for only two years. Our humble request is to step down this Motion, so that we can engage the Executive to come up with a fresh and up to date licence.
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15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
I thank you, Hon. Speaker.
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15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I give an undertaking that we are going to engage the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to start the process afresh. For as long as the NEMA license is invalid or has expired, the process needs to start afresh. It means that we will have to go through public participation and the entire process and then come up with a new licence. We do not know what the outcome of the process will be because the dynamics could have changed from 2011 to 2019. So, let us be vigilant and hope that at the end of the day, ...
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