Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to be exact, there are about 450 families that occupy 66,000 hectares. The entire Maragoli Forest block has been identified as a water catchment area. This issue has been discussed by the local District Development Committee and the families have shown willingness to relocate from the water catchment area. The Government is looking into ways to move them humanely. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: It is still under discussion. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that point is noted. I will make a follow up and give the hon. Member feedback. view
• 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the people of Turkana South elected me last year to come to this House, they sent me with one message: “Go represent us with your conscience, do not break the law and whether you serve in the Government, make sure that it follows the law as it should.” view
• 2 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I want to go on record as a member of the Executive to oppose this adjournment Motion. I oppose it because of my conscience and until the Executive can give us a guarantee that they are going to withdraw that illegality of appointing Mr. Ringera and his two assistant directors, I still stand on the fact that I am opposed to this Adjournment until we resolve that matter. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Mt. Kenya Electric Fence is a joint initiative of the local community, the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Kenya Forest Service, the Arid and Semi Arid Lands, Action Aid Kenya and other stakeholders through funding from the World Food Programme. The project stalled because of a boundary dispute in the project area. (b) My Ministry will soon convene a meeting of the parties concerned to resolve the dispute to enable the project to proceed. (c) My Ministry, through the Kenya Wildlife Service, is committed to minimizing cases of monkeys invading farmland in ... view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the issue of the electric fence around Mt. Kenya has taken quite some time. Since the hon. Member has brought this matter to our attention, within three months time, we will resolve it. The KWS wanted the electric fence to be put at the edge of the plantation forest while KFS and NEMA wanted it to be put just after the indigenous forest because elephants were also destroying the plantation forest. We will resolve this matter in the next couple of weeks. Funds are available and that fence should be ready for construction within the next three ... view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, our current law limits us from compensating for crop destruction. We have revised a new Bill which we will be presenting in this House very soon to cover crop compensation aspect amongst other issues. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the hon. Member for bringing that matter to our attention. I would like him to discuss it with me in detail so that he can give me the information and we will take the necessary action. view
• 20 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said much earlier, there was a disagreement on where the fence line should be put, particularly between KFS and NEMA on one hand which did an environmental impact assessment report and the KWS that wanted the indigenous forest and the plantation forest to be included within the 75 kilometre fenced area. The community wanted the plantation forest to be outside the fenced off area. This is a matter that has come to our attention and we are going to resolve it. As I promised earlier, in the next three months we will have resolved it. ... view