Josephat Nanok

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• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to join my colleagues in responding to the Speech by His Excellency the President. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: First, let me applaud the President for expounding on the priority areas which the Grand Coalition Government will focus on during this Fourth Session of this Parliament. I do so knowing that the President is serving the second part of his last term as the President of this country. There is a lot that is on his shoulders to ensure that this country achieves that. For 20 years now, Kenyans have been yearning for a new Constitution. This is because the present Constitution that is governing this country has so many loopholes and problems to a point where a significant ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: and going into those fragile areas and exhausting everything. I think it is a good point that we start looking at the arable land as the savior of this country. The potential of this country lies in those arable lands. One of the issues that I will point out which the President should have emphasized on is on the area of allocation of resources which I still feel is not provided for in the right way. Let me give the example of the El Nino floods. In 1997 and earlier this year, we had floods in this country. The area ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I hear some of my colleagues say that this country had counties and devolved governance at one point, I really feel very sad. This is because during Independence, we never gave this country the opportunity to execute some of those governance institutions that the founding fathers of this nation had developed. This would have ensured that an area like the one I represent does not lag behind when all the other parts of this country are enjoying the fruits of Independence. The second point that I would have wanted the President to focus much ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Project, feeding into Lake Turkana, is going to have a devastating impact on Lake Turkana and the livelihoods of more than 500,000 Kenyans who live around this lake. Let me advise the Government that I serve. I do not think that it is critical for us to go for blood electricity to benefit some parts of this country while putting the livelihoods of more than half a million people at risk. We do not need that energy. What we can do is to utilize other renewable energy in the country to cover the deficit that we have. With those remarks, ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: (a) In our effort to ensure that the Aberdares and Mount Kenya Water Towers are conserved and the degraded areas within the forests preserved and rehabilitated, my Ministry, in collaboration with the Local Communities, Development Partners and other stakeholders have been actively undertaking tree planting and other conservation activities geared towards restoration of the water catchment areas. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: (b) My Ministry, through the Kenya Forests Service, has been engaging the youth in afforestation programmes both in Kieni East and Kieni West Districts in Government and donor-funded programmes. In this endeavor, the Ministry, through the Kazi KwaVijana Programme Phase 1, engaged 342 youths in afforestation programmes in the two districts. However, the tree planting programme was hampered by lack of sufficient rains and will resume as soon as the situation improves. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: During the Phase II of the Kazi Kwa Vijana Programme, the Ministry intends to plant trees in public degraded lands, institutions and water catchment areas. These activities will be accomplished through engagement of youths in the two districts. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I can confirm to the hon. Member for Kieni that, indeed, the 342 youths were engaged in the area to plant trees measuring a total of 119 hectares during the Phase I of the Kazi Kwa Vijana Programme. During the last financial year, we produced 17,490,000 seedlings that were raised and planted in farm lands all over the country. view