Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, yes, we have an Integrated Management Plan 2010–2020. It was developed by Mt. Kenya major stakeholders, and it clearly spells out the responsibilities of KFS and the KWS, among other stakeholders, in the management of the ecosystem. In addition to this, the KFS has a forest management plan for the Mt. Kenya Forest Reserve for the period 2009 to 2025. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you have to realize there are indigenous trees or forests, which are banned commodity; nobody is allowed to log it. What we have been doing, in a sustainable manner, is only in relation to the plantation forest. I want to quote the ciders and camphors. If anything is happening, it may be happening in an illegal way. You have to realize that ever since I got appointed to this Ministry in 2008, we have sought--- view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you have to realize that exotic trees that are grown for commercial use have a purpose. We have said in his House that trees that are ready for harvesting are worth about Kshs35 billion. Those trees need to be harvested, because that was the whole purpose for planting them. We are faced with certain problems because those who were managing these forests before did not have the management plan in a proper way and mixed up the plantations and the indigenous forests. Secondly, we have said in this House a couple of times, particularly when we ... view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I said clearly that there is still a blanket ban on indigenous forests which constitute 80 per cent of all our public forests. But for the 20 per of the forest which is plantation forest, the intention before was for harvesting for commercial use in a sustainable way. I would urge this House to help us. Indeed, there are problems and we have got reports of indigenous forest trees being logged, which is illegal. I would urge this House to give us the appropriate resources. For instance, of the--- view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for instance, you will realize that--- view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to be informed. She is a Backbencher; she is not a Minister. I only want to be informed by my colleagues here. For instance, you will realize that probably--- view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will realize that in the coming financial year, we have sought to be equipped with the necessary resources to better the policing of these forests. When very good legislation was put in place in 2005, we did not put sufficient resources to translate that piece of legislation into reality to a point where more than 80 per cent of the staff, particularly rangers, have not been integrated fully into the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). Now that we are learning the importance of tree cover, we hope that we can put sufficient resources and make sure ... view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, you will agree with me that that is a different Question. However, you will realize that in the current financial year which is coming to an end, we had very insufficient resources despite the fact that we had asked the Treasury and this House to give us those resources to equip ourselves. We needed almost close to Kshs2 billion of the Kshs6 billion that the KFS is required to buy tools to tackle outbreaks of fire when they happen during the dry season. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a logging plan that is probably more than 2,000 hectares of the total plantation forest to be harvested. By the time we will be through with elections, I think a bigger portion of the mature plantations will still be in place when the county governments will be in place. view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to assure this House that all public national parks and forest reserves are still under the management of the Government. What we did with Aberdares was that through the Public Private Partnership, the private sector through the Rhino Ark assisted the Government to put up the 400 kilometer electric fence. Recently, while we were in the Aberdares around Kieni, we launched a trust to maintain it because the electric fence requires constant maintenance throughout the year. In addition to that, a week ago, we were in Turkana and in my constituency at Kainuk, where ... view