Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that if the process can be started by them or their immediate family members in the district, then it will take about three to four months to go through. The maximum period is three months but there might be some slight delays but we will try and push for this compensation to be processed as quickly as possible. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to congratulate my colleagues on the Front Bench, the Back Benches and Members of the Committee for having brought the amendments that this House has just approved – amendments which enhance and strengthen the powers of the devolved units of Government. The amendment that has been done to Clause 54 is actually an endorsement by this House that the intergovernmental forum, under the leadership of the county governors, will be the ultimate government that will oversee all governance activities within the counties. This will go a long way in ensuring that devolution ... view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, Madam Temporay Deputy Speaker. I believe the section of the Standing Order you have just read says it right that whether we are Assistant Ministers or Ministers in this House, we have the collective responsibilty to represent the Government. Yesterday, I was within the precincts of Parliament until 8.00 p.m. I asked for the Order Paper for today but it was not ready. I believe probably this confusion is the reason view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. The Kenya Forest Service has not refused to hand over the management of Mt. Kenya Forest to the Kenya Wildlife Service as provided--- view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would not know what happened between my Ministry and Parliament because this information is normally supplied through the Office of the Clerk. But in case the hon. Member does not have the annexture, I think I will give copies of the same to him because I had already gotten copies. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. The Kenya Forest Service has not refused to hand over the management of Mt. Kenya Forest to Kenya Wildlife Service as provided under Section 18(1) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, Cap.376 and the Mt. Kenya National Reserve Order 2000. Mt. Kenya, lower and upper Imenti and Thunguru Hills Forest were confered national reserve status through Legal Notice No.93 of 24th July, 2000. However, it should be noted that the Government decision in declaring this forest reserve as a national reserve recognizes the need to reserve the functions of the plantation ... view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will note that the laws that were made in this House were the ones that brought the conflict of the dual mandate; in particular the 2005 Act established the KFS. It gave them the prime responsibility for all Kenyan forests, yet there had been other laws that had established the management of national parks and national reserves. We have noted this particular anomaly. It may not only be Mt. Kenya; we had a similar problem when we were putting up the 400-kilometer fence around the Aberdares. You will realize that you have forest products, particularly ... view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I note that big concern and indeed we are taking action. One of the things we are doing is similar to what we did at Aberdares Forest. We have began the process of fencing off the forest with electric wire. One thing you have realized is that the anomalies that were there before was due to the dual-gazzetment. We have plantations which have trees for commercial purposes. As soon as we sort out this, I think we will fence off the indigenous forest side where the animals are. Together with the local community and stakeholders, we ... view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think we have done a lot since the year 2008 when we began. The forest cover was 1.8 per cent and so far we are close to 6 per cent forest cover. Secondly, in all the areas where we have public forests, we have established Community Forest Associations (CFA) and those associations have the bulk of their representatives from the local communities within those areas. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I did not hear that but I believe if there are problems, I will urge the hon. Member, who is a friend of mine, to tell me the specific areas where there are problems, and where our staff from the KFS have a problem with the CFAs. We will then be able to sort that out. view