Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take note that public institutions were established in forests way back before the Forest Act was put in place in 2005. I would have hoped that hon. Members who are in this House when they were enacting that law should have taken that matter into consideration. I believe the hon. Member was a Member of Parliament at that particular time. I think this is an issue we can revisit for special consideration if they write to us through the Forest Zonal Officer a strong appeal from the community. I think this is an issue ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can attest here that no public institution that is within gazetted forest has been closed down because of limitations of the law. I think we do understand that there have been various Acts of Parliament that this House has passed, for example, the Education Act. The Forest Act was also passed in this House. However, as we move along, we should be able to see where we have conflicts in the laws we have established so that we can harmonize them. After reviewing the law that established the gazetted forest, we have seen this ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the response to the question that has been asked is basically that the regulations that are provided for under the Forest Act empower the Kenya Forest Board to establish regulations on how to operationalize some of the sections of that particular Act. This particular Act, and the regulations, also went through a series of stakeholder meetings and information sharing before it came to this House. I want to state clearly that what I had said is that the appeal should come through the Zonal Forest Officer and then we will have the Kenya Forest Board ... view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was sought by Ms. Karua on 30th of May on the killing of two people by wildlife in Laikipia. view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. on 30th of May, 2012, the hon. Member for Gichugu Constituency, hon. Martha Karua, requested for a Ministerial Statement on the reported mauling of residents of Laikipia County by Lions; what measures the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife has taken to avert such incidents, assist families of the people mauled or killed by wild animals, create public awareness of human/wildlife co-existence and facilitate compensation by private game reserve owners to families mauled or killed by wild animals based in the private game reserves. view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: On 28th May, 2012, a lion strayed into a fenced boma at Indika Village, Kinamba Location, Nyahururu District. At around 11.00 a.m., it attacked and injured two women, namely Susan Wanjiku Kamutu and Esther Kibani Ewoi. The victims were taken to Nyahururu District Hospital where they were undergoing treatment. Upon receipt of this mauling incident report, my Ministry dispatched a team of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Problem Animal Control Unit Rangers based in Olmoran and Rumuruti to track the rogue lion and eliminate it. The lion was subsequently tracked and killed at 17.45 hours. The team also established that the ... view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Laikipia County is a wildlife dispersal area that enables movement of wildlife from Aberdares/Mt. Kenya to the Isiolo/Samburu wildlife ecosystem. This traditional view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me begin with the clarification sought by hon. Martha Karua. Indeed, the conditions in the agreement signed with the conservancy should have been looked into when this agreement was drawn and when they were being given the licence. However, I can also tell the hon. Member that the law that had been established by this House sometime in 1989 did not look at that provision. That is why, essentially, when we sought view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, not equally but they are of importance to my Ministry. You will realise that wildlife is also important because the tourism industry--- view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am almost finalizing. You will realise that the tourism industry brings a lot of revenue to this country because of the importance we attach to the protection and conservation of wildlife. Lastly, I want to react to the allegation raised by hon. Mbuvi. If he has details about it, could he share them with us so that we can investigate that matter fully and get to the bottom of it? However, as far as I know, we have never had any report of people using cannabis sativa to feed the animals. That remains an allegation ... view