Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 131 to 140 of 756.

• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the hon. Member for bringing this Question and, indeed, for having participated in the planting of this forest block. This is essentially a forest block under the ownership of Karachuonyo County Council but managed in trust by the KFS. Indeed, I acknowledge this matter, that we have allocated Kshs3 million amongst other many activities of re-afforestation and maintaining the forests. We would also want to engage the local community. The process of establishing community forest associations is ongoing. In some of the forest blocks, view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think that is a matter we are looking into and I hope that when my Ministry’s budget comes to this House for approval, there will be proactive participation and effort to make sure that the funds we have sought are provided. You will realize that a week or two ago when I was answering a similar Question that was asked by Ms. Karua in this House, I said that the KFS had sought to be allocated Kshs6.5 billion for us to do our job in the forest sector. Unfortunately, that amount was slashed down to ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that in Keiyo South Constituency, there are a total of 21 primary schools, seven secondary schools and polytechnics, 15 churches, dispensaries and various Government offices on forest land. (b) My Ministry is not taking any steps to ensure that the institutions in the forest are issued with title deeds because the forest land in question is a State forest that is gazetted and reserved for the conservation and management of forests under the Forest Act. Currently, forests in the country cover only 5.6 per cent of the ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have enumerated before, we wanted to enter into an engagement with communities by establishing the community forest associations so that this responsibility is not only the Government’s alone but of the citizenry living within those forests. Secondly, we are developing and as soon as the view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I was very clear in my answer that this is still gazetted forest. Instead of reducing the amount of land that is under gazetted forest, we should aim to maintain it. However, one thing that my Ministry has done through the Kenya Forest Service is to issue special licences for these institutions to continue operating. That is how we will handle this case so far. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Excuse me, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I did not hear that question properly. Could it be repeated? view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said, we cannot do this single handedly; we have to do it with communities engaging in a very formal way. That is why we have rolled out a programme of establishing community forest associations. In some areas, we have moved forward faster than in other areas, particularly, in Wire and Kodera. Right now, those associations are in the process of being registered. As soon as they are registered, they will have equitable responsibility alongside the Government, through the KFS, to manage those forests and make sure that degraded areas of those forests have been ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are making a number of efforts through the Kenya Forest Service to make sure that we have secured gazetted public forest land everywhere. One of the things that my Ministry has done is to form the forest conservation committees that also involve communities that live around forests so that they can take care of those forests. Secondly, there are certain forests which we have already mapped out and fenced off with clear markings. Thirdly, we have intensified patrols although the number of forest rangers is inadequate. You can imagine one forest ranger overseeing 700 ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, we will do that. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, the licences will be renewable annually but institutions can be able to acquire licences that last for more than one year. view