Josephat Nanok

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• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I get to reply. (a) I am aware that an antelope attacked Mr. Geoffrey Mbugua Wambui (ID No.242883213) of Bathi Sub-Location, Kimende Location on 19th May, 2011 and injured him, resulting in his admission at AIC Kijabe Mission Hospital. (b) The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has an outpost at Limuru, which is permanently manned by KWS Rangers. The outpost has been strengthened and is now fully equipped to respond to human-wildlife conflicts in this area. The KWS has conflict hotlines that are given to members of the public for swift reporting of conflict cases. In Kimende ... view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: In addition, my Ministry has developed, and is maintaining, a database for human-wildlife conflict. This has enabled the KWS to map out areas with high conflict rates, which in turn allows for timely and strategic decision making on human-wildlife conflict, prevention and management countrywide. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a matter that I would ask hon. Njuguna to come to our offices, so that we can discuss together and see whether we can get a workable solution. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not get the question. Could he repeat it again? view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, we have a policy that is in existence, which is being used by Kenya Wildlife Service and my Ministry to ensure that the wildlife is kept within the confined areas where it is supposed to be. One of the things that we promised this House is that we were also working on a revised Wildlife Bill that is soon going to be tabled in this House. I also want to report that, tomorrow, we will be passing out 491 wildlife rangers. After their passing out, they will be deployed to different parts of the country ... view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is the bushbuck, commonly known locally within that area as Thiya . Investigations do reveal that this animal was within the area where Geoffrey Mbugua Wambui was attacked. It may have been shocked by an electric wire fence that normally protects the animals there. I think with that effect on it, the animal ran out aimlessly, hence injuring him unfortunately. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, most likely this animal may have been outside the area that we have put up an electric fence. This particular incident, which is unfortunate, has not happened before in this particular area, but we have asked our officers on the ground to look and determine if these animals and other dangerous cats are quite a number outside the protected fence. If that is the case, they will look for ways of rounding them up and putting them inside the protected area. Secondly, if the electric fence is so low, as hon. Njuguna says, this is a ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The water masses that also include Kiambere Dam, Masinga Dam, Kindaruma Dam and Kamburu Dam are part of the natural Tana River ecosystem. Crocodiles which have existed in this ecosystem for hundreds of years have always fed on birds, fish, view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: turtles, frogs and mammals, which have co-existed with them as their natural habitat. This has been and remains their natural food supply chain. Crocodiles do not attack humans and livestock as a substitute for lack of food chain in this habitat, but do so only when threatened or feel endangered by human or other animal species who encroach on their natural territories. (b) My Ministry has no intention of feeding the crocodiles found within these dams as the reason for the conflict currently experienced is not lack of food for the animals, but primarily due to human encroachment on their ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: (i) Environmental value - Crocodiles are at the tertiary level of the food chain. They clean the dams by clearing dead animals in the water. They facilitate nutrient cycling and support regeneration of fish population in the dams. view