Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I am trying to punch in to vote but the machine is refusing to pick it up. view
• 24 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I am trying to punch in to vote but the machine is refusing to pick it up. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry is not aware of illegal logging in the Mathews Rangers Forest in Wamba. (b) My Ministry is protecting and conserving the Mathews Rangers Forest through the following strategies:- (i) Protection of the forest for natural regeneration by the Kenya Forest Service rangers and community scouts under Namunyak Mathews Ranges Community Forest Association. (ii) Rehabilitation of degraded forest areas caused by wild fires and overgrazing. (iii) Controlled utilization of the non-wood forest products by the forest adjacent communities. (iv) Improved wildlife conservation and management to minimize human/wildlife conflicts. (v) Development ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that information has not been brought to the attention of my Ministry. But, indeed, if the hon. Member, who is also a friend of mine, has any detailed information concerning this factor, he can provide it to us and I undertake to investigate. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know out in the field it is my officers that are on the ground and I depend entirely on the information they provide to me. So far, from the information that has been provided, we have not been notified of such an incident. But this is something we can investigate, now that he has mentioned that some logs were inspected. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I am in order to respond as per the information that I have. The information that the hon. Member has provided is new information to me. I want to undertake to him that we will follow up and investigate. If, indeed, it is true, we will give the necessary instructions and take action. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ever since I was appointed to this Ministry we have been presenting a budget for expanding the Forest Rangers recruitment for additional Forest Rangers and building capacity for the rangers to be able to oversee the forest plantations and natural forests. So far, we now have a ranger overseeing more than 800 hectares. This particular year, we sought for a budget of Kshs6.5 billion but the Treasury was only able to provide us with about Kshs3 billion. This is still very insufficient although I want to thank this House and the Treasury for having given us ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first action we will undertake is to investigate and find out whether this illegal logging happened. If indeed it happened, then either my substantive Minister or I will make an effort to vist this particular area and verify. When we plan to go down, I would urge the hon. Member to accompany us and give us further details of what he may know and what the community members may know regarding what is going on. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not want to blame any officer when we do not have facts that they have been involved in the logging. We have taken action in the past and I can attest in this House that some hon. Members have reported these issues and we have taken action on a few of the officers whom we have actually come to establish have been part of this illegal activity. If any hon. Member of this House gets any information, please verify it and bring it to our attention. I think it is my duty as an ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the community forest associations are part of the Act of Parliament. We have been rolling this out to all areas where we have natural forests. For this particular area where the hon. Member represents, we have the Namunyak Mathews Rangers Community Forest. I want to admit that apart from capacity building, not much in terms of resources has been rolled out to that community. As a Ministry through the Kenya Forest Service, we will make sure that we have supported these particular groups to assist us in making sure that forests that are within their areas ... view