Musalia Mudavadi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 571 to 580 of 955.

• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are going by the issue of what appears on the Order Paper today. I think what is listed is a report on the drought situation. But I take note that the hon. Member would like the House to be appraised on the issue of Ivory Coast and I will undertake to do so at the next Prime Minister’s Time. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I recently made a tour of parts of Eastern and North Eastern counties to assess the negative effects of the droughts currently ravaging parts of the country. The worst affected larger districts include Garissa, Marsabit, Isiolo, Tana River, Tharaka, Wajir, Mandera, West Pokot, Samburu, Baringo, Kajiado, Makueni, Kwale, Kilifi and Turkana. The Government’s response to the drought crisis is being co-ordinated by the Crisis Response Centre (CRC) and the National Disaster Operation Centre (NDOC). The CRC and the NDOC carry out frequent assessments of the drought situation on the ground, design mitigation measures and co-ordinate the interventions ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: The situation is compounded by disease outbreaks of foot and mouth disease and other infectious diseases, which are necessitating restrictions in official livestock movements and market activities. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, food crops in the affected districts have weathered due to water stress. Crop production is expected to decline by over 30 percent in some parts of the country, while total crop failure maybe experienced in parts of eastern, coast and central Kenya, which are short rain dependent. Some schools are yet to open due to water problems in the affected areas. Schools in 96 districts are under the School Feeding Programme, which has been adversely affected by lack of water due the drought. Power supply remains fair, but declining as the drought progress. Maximum power generation is ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government is feeding more than one million people, while the World Food Programme (WFP) is distributing food to another 1.6 million people. From November, last year to January, 2011, the Government has distributed food to needy districts in the following quantities: Maize of 90-Kilogramme bags, 237,000 bags; valued at Kshs426 million, beans in 50-Kilogramme bags, 96,600 bags; valued at Kshs313,950,000, rice, 650,000 bags; valued at Kshs269 million, cooking oil, that is 6.3 litre cartons amounting to 42,500 cartons valued at Kshs121 million. In this regard, the Government has committed Kshs1.5 billion for immediate use by the ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Government has also deployed military, administration police and National Youth Service trucks to assist in the transportation of relief food at district level. The Ministry of Water and Irrigation has established six teams in Marsabit, Wajir, Marigat, Kapenguria, Kajiado and, of course, Nairobi headquarters. These teams are responsible for assessment and response. The Ministry purchased five water boozers to enhance water trucking, bringing the fleet to a total 19 and has set aside another Kshs237 million for quick response. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: The Ministry of Water and Irrigation in liaison with the private sector will also hire private trucks to assist in water trucking, particularly in North Horr and other affected areas. The Government has also rehabilitated some boreholes and is conducting water trucking in the affected districts and equipping and servicing of unoperational boreholes. Provision of fuel subsidy for operation of borehole water supply is ongoing. Distribution of chlorine tablets for household water treatment is ongoing. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: The Government has also conducted vaccination 2,024,000 herds of livestock against various diseases as of now. Disease surveillance and sensitization of pastoralists to sell their livestock before their body condition deteriorates further are ongoing. Vector and vermine control have been stepped up, while supplementary feeding has been enhanced. Efforts are also underway to kick off livestock off-take for approproxiamtely 120,000 herds of cattle in Upper Eastern before their body condition deteriorates further. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Government institutions have been directed to purchase canned beef from the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) in order to generate sufficient funds to improve on livestock off-take. The Government has also enhanced supplementary feeding for pregnant and lactating mothers, children under five years and the elderly. Household water chlorination, mobile and outreach services to the migrating populations have been intensified. Public education on positive sanitation and hygiene services is ongoing. The Government intends to ensure that children retained in school during the drought through enhanced school feeding programme of 1.2 million children have provision of midday meals in the ASAL areas. ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: The Government is also considering paying school fees for secondary students in the drought stricken counties so as to assist their families to have more food. In this regard, a committee is working closely with the Ministry of Education and the Treasury to fine tune this particular aspect. view