Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: view
• 4 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committees on Environment and Natural Resources and Lands on their consideration of a Petition by the Executive regarding the Variation of the Boundaries of Mount Elgon Forest Reserve, laid on the Table of House on Thursday, 4th July 2019 and, pursuant to Section 34 of the Forest Conservation and Management Act, 2016; this House approves the variation of the boundaries of Mount Elgon Forest Reserve to exclude Chepyuk Phases II and III comprising 4,607 hectares, and secure the remaining forest area within Mt. Elgon Forest Reserve particularly in Chepkitale, considering the ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on Wednesday, 12th June, 2019, Hon. Peris Pesi Tobiko, MP, Kajiado East Constituency, rose under Standing Order 44(2)(c) to seek for a Statement regarding the human wildlife conflict in Kajiado East Constituency. Hon. Tobiko in her Statement, highlighted very serious issues of human wildlife conflict which had caused loss of lives, injuries and destruction of properties and crops in her constituency. The issue of human wildlife conflict has also affected learning with eight public schools having been closed due to fear of attacks by elephants. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, based on the serious concerns the Member raised in this House on human wildlife conflict, you directed that the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources makes a response to this House within one week. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The Departmental Committee took up the matter and invited the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife for a meeting to respond to the issues that Hon. Tobiko had raised in her Statement. The Member was also invited to interrogate the Ministry, together with other Members whose constituencies have been affected by the human wildlife conflict. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have shared the detailed Statement with Hon. Tobiko. I, however, can confirm that there are serious issues of human wildlife conflict in Kajiado East Constituency. 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. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: The Ministry is taking mitigation action to protect lives, property and crops from damage arising from the same. For the loss of lives and damage to property arising from the human wildlife conflict, the affected families were facilitated with compensation claim forms and were guided on how to fill them with relevant attachments. They will be considered for compensation after undergoing the due process alongside other claims for Kajiado County. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Kenya Wildlife Service Warden has also visited all the affected schools and re-assured them of its presence in the area. The Service has also held meetings with chiefs, elders, schools management, and has also provided hotline contacts for the Mobile Problematic Animal Control Unit. The Service is also engaging in corporate social responsibility interventions such as fencing of schools and providing water for the schools for mitigation purposes. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, KWS has important future plans to minimise the interaction between the community and wildlife, such as: Providing and installing solar water pumping equipment to community boreholes and to secure schools that are within elephant corridors; posting a Warden at Mashuru Sub-County to manage emerging wildlife issues and securing southern Kenya wildlife corridors. view
• 20 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in conclusion, I would like to reiterate the Committee’s commitment to address the issue of human wildlife conflict. In the Budget Estimates for 2019/2020, the Committee proposed to the Budget and Appropriation Committee to reallocate Kshs200 million towards Human Wildlife Conflict Mitigation Project to add to Kshs250 million that the National Treasury has allocated. This is aimed at concentrating on fencing specific human wildlife conflict hotspot areas to reduce and mitigate on those cases. The Committee also proposed an allocation of Kshs200 million in the Supplementary Budget II for General Administration which includes support for the human wildlife ... view