Josephat Nanok

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 711 to 720 of 756.

• 16 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the global consensus right now, more strongly advocates towards control, management and utilisation of these tree species. The Ministry has since developed a Cabinet Memorandum to appraise the Cabinet on the status of the tree and its invention of critical ecosystem habitats within the dry zones of Kenya. The Cabinet Memo seeks approval to declare this tree species a national disaster and hence mobilise emergency resources for its control as well as to function and restricted access and utilisation by the local people in all areas of occurrence in order to check its spread. view
• 16 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me outline the objectives of the introduction of this tree. It was globally introduced 200 years ago. It is not only found in Kenya but also many other countries. It was introduced in Turkana, Garissa, Tana River and Baringo with the objective of controlling the expansion of deserts, massive erosion and aridity that retains over 80 per cent of our country. Secondly, the tree was also meant to provide residents with wood for fuel and construction. It was also meant for human food as well fodder for livestock. We have done several scientific studies to ... view
• 16 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just said that we are in the process of setting up a technical committee to evaluate this. Let us accept that every plant always has a negative and a positive side. From the scientific pilot studies that we have conducted, we have established that the positive side of this particular weed can be utilised to benefit communities. That is what we want to focus on. view
• 16 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will consider the concerns of hon. Members and take action. view
• 16 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will bring the answer on Thursday afternoon next week. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government for giving me this opportunity. I will take a very brief moment to highlight a few issues I feel the Ministry should pick up and address. I acknowledge the big role that the Ministry of Local Government has been playing in this country, right from Independence. I fully support this Motion mainly because 2786 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 15, 2008 of the big role being played by the Ministry. Without repeating what my colleagues have said, let me highlight a couple of issues ... view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I was not aware that Mr. Mutinda Muasa, the beneficiary of Mr. Mwenda Mutinda (deceased), has not been compensated since the latter's death from an attack by a crocodile in the year 2002. (b) I am aware that Kenya Wildlife Service dispatched schedule No.0031 for Kshs1,047,000 on 10th June, 2002, part of which was to benefit Mr. Mutinda and the same was received by the DC's Office, Machakos. (c) My Ministry, through the KWS, has since investigated the case and made the following findings:- (i) The claim has not been settled because ... view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you for raising that issue. We have got information from the DC's office that the cheque is there and he can collect it. If the beneficiary goes back there and he is not given the cheque, we will take action and make sure that he is paid his dues. view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the DC who normally chairs the Compensation Committee in the District is the one who awards the amount that is meant to compensate the families of the deceased. When that money is approved at the Ministry, we will use the same channel to get it back to the beneficiary. I understand that the cheque has been lying there for a very long time. We apologise for that. We will work closely with the hon. Member to ensure that the money gets to the beneficiary. At the moment, we have 450 other claims which we are processing at ... view
• 9 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are still processing 450 claims. We will release those cheques very soon. As soon as we release the cheques to the DCs' offices, the next step will be to inform the relevant Members of Parliament so that we do not have delays whereby those cheques will remain at the DCs' offices uncollected. We will release the cheques and they will also have the opportunity of informing the people who were awarded that money. view