20 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, your Petitioners will ever pray.
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19 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to support the Petitioner. The risk that runs through such unqualified connections is that people lose lives. We saw that recently in Nakuru. Two young men lost their lives because of interacting with electrical connections that were live. We have heard cases of people dying through electric shocks. I also want to underline the issue of corruption because we could be having people from the Inspection Unit of KPLC who are not doing their bit. It is good that we have this Petition. It is better that the Committee takes over the case ...
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12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the residents of Kakamega and, in particular, Shinyalu Constituency, I wish to draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, Kakamega Forest was first gazetted as a trust forest in 1933 and later on in 1986, a total of 4,000 hectares of the northern portion of the forest alongside the adjacent 457 hectares of Kisere Forest were amalgamated and gazetted as Kakamega National Park; THAT, the Forest is an important catchment for Isiukhu and Yala Rivers. It holds a large and diverse wildlife population with over 16 species of birds that ...
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12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, the deforestation affects not only the Shinyalu people but the Members of Parliament from adjacent constituencies like Emgwen, Hamisi---
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12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just wanted to request that---
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12 Apr 2016 in National Assembly:
Most obliged, Hon. Speaker.
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16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
That is now clear. I am happy with that clarification. I support the proposed amendment by the Chairlady of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
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16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we have to be very careful about this amendment. Degazetted of land is meant for public utility like the public institutions that already exist. So, we must have that clarification. However, we should be hesitant to degazette more forest land because our forest cover is below 10 per cent. We should be working on improving The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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16 Mar 2016 in National Assembly:
the percentage of our forest cover. We can deal with those forests which have already been gazetted.
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