Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is the solution? Give me two or three minutes to conclude. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: What is the solution? Sen. Kasanga wants to have committees to look after forests. The first port of call is that the national Government should take the bold step of fencing off all existing forests today, so that we turn them into no-go zones to protect them. This is because when you want to count on the goodwill of the people, it is not lacking. Just fence off the forests and protect them, so that people can learn to know that those are no-go-zones. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: I was an advocate of people living in forests, but we have demonstrated beyond any doubt that our level of irresponsibility with regard to forests is beyond redemption. When people look at forests, they just start salivating as to how many cubic feet of timber they will get out of that and how much wealth they can create out of it. How many of colleagues here plant even one tree a year in our own homes? We do not. We must live by example. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I urge that this Senate takes the bold step beyond this Motion; that next year, in the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) we will do here, we obligate every county to have a budget for tree planting. Talk to our county assemblies again to obligate their county governments to plant trees, so that we can turn this country--- view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: As I finish, I said yesterday that in 1956 and 1957 South Korea had a forest cover of 10 per cent. This is proven science. Today, it has a forest cover of 70 per cent. It is not a miracle; it can be done. Japan has a forest cover of 80 per cent up from very low levels. When you ask Government officials they stand straight, look you in the face and say that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: our forest cover is about seven per cent when, in fact, you and I know that it is 3.5 per cent, and it is going down. How can we talk about five per cent when the Mau, Mt. Elgon, and Mt. Kenya forests are what they look like? We must walk the talk and protect our environment. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the lady Senator, who is a good debater that I respect so much, that there are two categories of forests. We have Government forests that are gazzetted as Government forests and have no settlements in them. Those are the ones I am talking about. There are also private plantations; individually owned pockets of trees on private land, which we all own and use at will. However, if you go to a country like Belgium, on your land even with the title deed, you cannot cut a tree without a licence and ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I congratulate Sen. Cheruiyot for his innovative way of bringing issues to this Floor and in particular championing the interests of tea farmers. I come from a county that has been designated as a tea-growing area right from Independence. view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: The tea sector is in a crisis that was created by inaction by the Government and dishonest managers of the sector born out of the benign neglect of tea farmers in the country. Tea has been a major foreign exchange earner in this country, raking in billions of shillings that stabilise our foreign exchange reserves thus adding to our Gross Domestic Product (GDP). view