Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: A total of 58 persons have lost their lives to wildlife in Narok area in the last five years. All these cases were reported to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) office in Narok. Twenty-eight claims have been paid to the next of kin while 30 claims have not been paid. It is regrettable that their documentation was not handed over to us by the former Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife during the handing over and those cases could, therefore, not be discussed. However, my Ministry has taken the initiative of searching for the documents following inquiries by the Member of ... view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hereby table the list of the names of the victims and the payments made. view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the difficulties we have been experiencing with payment of claims is the amount of money that this House approved previously. You will realise that in the last financial year, we had an approval of Kshs40 million against pending claims amounting to Kshs82,095,000. So, my Ministry was able to pay only part of that amount of money. However, in the current financial year, the amount has been enhanced to Kshs200 million, as shown in the Budget Estimates, which we will be presenting to this House soon. So, I believe that we will have a sufficient amount ... view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Members are discussing loudly. I did not hear what the hon. Member asked. view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are encouraging members of the public to report incidents involving wild animals to the nearest KWS stations. One of the things that we are doing is to retrain our wardens on new methods of handling problematic animals. I can only tell the hon. Member that if we have such incidents, let them be reported. We will see the best way to assist. view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will, indeed, ask my neighbour, hon. Litole, to talk to me in detail about this matter, so that we can discuss with the relevant officers what can be done. view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will realise that three-quarters of our wild animals live outside protected areas. The protected areas are not fenced off and people also live there. Due to population pressure, people have encroached on land where wildlife live. Drought does not only affect livestock and human beings but also wildlife. So far, we have taken action on all reported cases by trying to enhance surveillance in areas where attacks have been reported. We have also told communities to report the incidences and avoid venturing into certain areas. We have also mapped out the conflict hotspots and posted a ... view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do appreciate that question. So, far we have finalized the new Wildlife Bill and it is pending before the Cabinet. Once the Cabinet finalizes it, we will not waste time other than table it before this House. view
• 10 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier on, budgetary provisions that have been approved by this House for compensation over the last three years have been very low compared to the number of cases raised for compensation. It is about Kshs40 million per year. In anticipation of this, we have been in dialogue with the Treasury who have enhanced the funds to Kshs200 million so that we can pay all the pending cases including the ones that can be anticipated in this financial year. Secondly, we encourage communities that live near national parks and game reserves to see the direct ... view