Josephat Nanok

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• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: (ii) Socio-cultural value – They are natural heritage for the country. They are an anesthetic attraction, a population animal ecotourism. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: (iii) Commercial value – The skin is highly valued in the leather industry for production of expensive shoes, belts, handbags and other leather products. The law allows for only export of the skins as crocodiles are listed as protected animals, and dealing with wildlife in the country is currently outlawed by a legal notice of 1978. The skin costs between US$20 and US$200. Their meat is highly valued and there are outlets approved to sell crocodile meat which is sourced from licensed crocodile ranches. The meat costs between Kshs280 to Kshs380 per kilogramme. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: The eggs collection as authorized by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) along the River Tana system is a community enterprise, and the communities involved, together with the respective local organizations, sell for revenue at a price of Kshs35 per egg. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Mututho has tried to challenge my knowledge of this subject and, indeed, I want to respond. Basically, you will have to realize that the six dams along this particular stretch of area constitute 173 square kilometres. From the known count, we have only 256 crocodiles here of the Niloticus type. In terms of density per kilometer square, we have about five. Despite the fact that there are fewer crocodiles in the dams, the population living around has also increased. People fetching water from it have been occasionally attacked by crocodiles. This has been a ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have liased with all the stakeholders, including the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, TARDA and KenGen. The budget we have been looking for to address this issue in the longer term is about Kshs130 million. We are still in discussion to raise this money. But my Ministry through the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has committed about Kshs5 million towards this. The other partners have not yet provided the amount that is required. Interestingly, we had also looked for a temporary solution to put up a chain link in some of the areas where the ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is quite a number of things we have done. You are well aware that we have about 2,600 rangers. Very recently, we recruited another 400 rangers who will be redeployed to support in wildlife protection. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, in some of the protection areas, we have been able to establish electric fences in a number of places, particularly around the national parks. We have also been able to conduct education awareness on the communities realizing that 80 per cent of the wildlife leave outside the protected areas. So, we, in the Ministry, are actually doing the best we can--- view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not misleading the House. But you will realize that the electric fence and polls need constant maintenance. Sometimes in areas that we have already established, they will need regular maintenance. So, if it is happening, we will take every precaution to make sure that animals are kept inside protected areas. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. K. Kilonzo is misleading this House. I said the cost for ensuring safe water is Kshs150 million. The responsibility of providing water is an inter-ministeral responsibility for the Ministries of Water and Irrigation, Energy and Regional Development Authorities. Each stakeholder has a part to play. We have made contributions towards these efforts. Apart from that, my Ministry has put up a boat with five rangers who are patrolling those dams to make sure that any of the crocodile that is reported to infringe on areas where communities are fetching water is chased away. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have made available Kshs5 million. On 20th April, 2011, we held a stakeholders’ meeting so that all the other stakeholders who have a bigger stake in these dams, particularly KenGen and TARDA and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation avail sufficient funds to be able to do that job. view