Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 23 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you will notice from previous presentations in this House, cases of human/wildlife conflict has increased, which we had not anticipated. For instance, during this financial year, we have received about 1,500 cases as opposed to 763 cases in the last financial year. We have asked the Treasury to give us the finances to address this particular claim alongside 399 others. As soon as we get the finances, we will pay the compensation. view
• 23 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a matter that we can consider. I would like to ask the hon. Member that we meet outside the House and look at the details of that proposal. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The demand for ivory in the international market is to blame for the increased elephant poaching in the country. The market is mostly in the Asian countries, especially China. The demand increased after the downgrading of the elephant by Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to allow a one-off sale of Government ivory stock piles by southern African countries in 2008. That fueled the local black market which, in turn, increased elephant poaching in most elephant ranges in Kenya. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: (b) A total of 298 elephants have been lost to poachers in 2008/2009. Out of that number, 38 elephants were poached within the protected areas while 260 individual elephants were poached outside the protected areas. In addition to ivory demand in Asian countries, the high numbers of illegal firearms and porous borders, coupled with instability within neighbouring States, have contributed to increased poaching in national parks and game reserves in the country. (c) My Ministry has put the following measures in place to curb the menace:- view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Increased patrol surveillance and checks in all entry and exit points, ports, sea ports, border points and airports. In addition, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has stationed a dog unit at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to detect any ivory in luggage. Cross border meetings and synchronized cross border operations between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania; involvement in community disarmament because the firearms are also used for poaching elephants and awareness creation on the importance of wildlife conservation to win public support for conservation. KWS is also working closely with stakeholders to monitor elephant population and other wildlife species outside ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the hon. Member for raising this question. But the answer I have given, more or less, indicates the efforts that KWS, as the Service that is responsible for protection of wildlife, is putting to make sure that poaching is curbed. But you have to note that, although we have deployed about 960 rangers all over the country, most of the elephants are not inside the protected areas. We also have a huge number of elephants that are outside the protected areas. We are also facing serious financial constraints. In the last three years, KWS ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, due to the kind of land use system that we maintain in the country, and the fact that due to over-population, some of the wildlife dispersal areas have been populated by human beings, there is bound to be that conflict. We have also been affected, particularly in the last one year, by drought. Drought does not only affect crops and human beings, it also affects wildlife. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Quite a number of elephants have wandered outside in search of food. If we were to put all those animals inside the protected areas, I do not think the pastures would be sufficient enough for those elephants to be catered for there. That is why the pastoral areas are also important. One of the efforts we have been intensifying is to ensure that not only the elephants and other endangered species like rhinos are well protected within the protected areas, but we have also been working with other private stakeholders who are out in the unprotected areas and communities to ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: You saw what we did recently in Kajiado. We had to stock one of the national parks with herbivorous animals in order to balance the eco-system. This was meant to reduce the wildlife-human conflict that was occurring in the Amboseli National Park. view