Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 571 to 580 of 756.

• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the hon. Member repeat the question? I did not hear it. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I have listed the action which the KWS, which is under my Ministry, has undertaken to make sure that all efforts are put in place to curb the poaching of elephants. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Let me inform the hon. Member that a lot of incidences of poaching in the protected areas happen particularly during the wet season when elephants disperse away from the flooded areas to the dispersal areas. Pastoral communities normally graze within those dispersal areas. They always move from place to move. This gives poachers an opportunity to come and kill these elephants. We are making these efforts but with limited resources. I have said that in the last three years we have not been able to recruit any additional rangers owing to financial incapacity. Secondly, a lot of the revenue that ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: The critical districts that are affected are Laikipia, Samburu, Isiolo, Marsabit, Tana River, Lamu, Kajiado, Turkana, Keiyo and Malindi. Areas which are critically affected by game meat poaching are Naivasha and Tsavo. We have deployed a number of rangers in these specific areas. We have intensified patrols and bought light aircraft. A total of eight aircraft are in the eight conservancy areas; there is one chopper and a caravan and they are doing intensified regular surveys. We have intelligence units all over that are monitoring. But these numbers may not be adequate enough to secure the wildlife resources we have ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have those details right now but quite a number of people have been arrested. Some cases are in court. The reason why there has been intensified poaching is the fact that the illegal trade in ivory is a very lucrative business in the global market. In 2007, one kilogramme of ivory was selling at Kshs1,500. To date, it is Kshs10,000. So, you can imagine that is almost a nine fold increase. This is what is encouraging these poachers. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: One of the things that the Ministry is doing both regionally and globally is to mobilize countries that have a similar problem like ours to continue enhancing the ban on ivory sales in the black market and legalized ivory sales by sites. One of our neighbours whom we share a common rangeland resources, Tanzania, has put a case in front of sites to sell off some ivory stocks that they have. We feel that the sale of this ivory stock will intensify poaching of elephants that cross all the way from the Mara and Amboseli into the national parks in ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to provide stories. I want to provide specific actions. One of the problems that we have had outside the protected areas is the high number of firearms that are in the hands of the local communities, particularly in the area where the Member of Parliament who has asked this Question comes from. We are supporting our colleagues from the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security--- view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is well known that cattle rustling and related banditry is in upper Eastern, North Rift and some others parts in the country. This is basically exacerbated by the increased number of illegal arms that are in the hands of communities. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not say so. I just said that it is a well known fact that we have illegal arms in the hands of communities. This is exasperating poaching of elephants and other endangered species. One of the efforts that we are doing is to support the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security in its effort to disarm the communities with these illegal arms. The second point is the issue of creating awareness. Communities have to realize that wildlife is a natural resource that should be protected for the benefit of this country ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me withdraw that it is not his specific area. However, I have mentioned a general area that is known to all Members of Parliament, namely, upper Eastern, North Rift areas including Pokot, Turkana, Marsabit, Isiolo and Samburu. It is known that communities in these areas have illegally acquired firearms. view