Dr. Naomi Shaban

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1421 to 1430 of 1513.

• 13 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is actually upon hon. Members to read between the lines. That is because most of the ladies who came had complaints and we listened to them. I have co-ordinators at the ground level and they were supposed to have been informed. We also work with the District Commissioners. I was supposed to have been informed. Most of the genuine IDPs in this country have my telephone number. I always receive their messages and call them back to learn about their problems. When I found the ladies here, I was quite surprised. In fact, when I ... view
• 13 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that we had requested for a budget of Kshs30 billion. It was not possible for us to be given that amount of money. All the same, what we have from the Government coffers is only Kshs1.75 billion. Half of that money - Kshs700 million - will be received in the next half of this financial year. We made efforts, for example, through a harambee presided over by His Excellency the President. We managed to raise some money. That is how we ended up with a total of Kshs1.965 billion. I believe we were ... view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that the number of beneficiaries--- view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was held up in a meeting. However, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that the number of beneficiaries of relief food in Turkana area has been reduced. What I know is that it has been increased. (b) Due to food shortages in the larger Turkana area, my Ministry has scaled up its relief programme to this area. The beneficiaries in February were 160,000, but we have scaled them up to 225,000. In addition, we are also giving relief food to 15,000 beneficiaries - children and lactating mothers who are on ... view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: (d) Besides the efforts being made by other Ministries such as the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Development of Northern Kenya Development and other Arid Lands in areas 2970 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES October 23, 2008 of food security, my Ministry is boosting the strategic grain reserves from the current four million bags this financial year to eight million bags in the year 2009/2010. The Government has also imported maize to cover up any shortfall. view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Unfortunately, we usually work on the figures as per the official census. As per the official census, the figure could be the 435,387 that he is complaining about. Right now, it is true that, in the extrapolated figures, they are saying that the figure is 600,000. That is why we felt there was a need to give a supplementary diet to the lactating mothers and the children, who have special needs. We also felt there was a need for the general food distribution to be increased by the Government. So, in addition to the 378,000 ... view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am surprised that people are talking about scaling down. From 160,000 to 225,000 beneficiaries means that there is an increment of over 60,000 people! So, October 23, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2971 I am really surprised when I am told that we have scaled down the distribution of food! We have not scaled down. That is a figure that we are working on and we are still adding the money to increase the general food distribution. So, that "scaling down" is something that is new to me! view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think we might have a seminar to sensitise people on the areas covered by EMOP. That is because the areas covered by the emergency programme are different from the other areas which are covered under the general food distribution programme. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to refer to the other areas which are covered in Ukambani. We have Kyuso, Yatta District, Makueni, Kibwezi, Mutomo, Mwingi, Kitui, Mbooni, Mwala, Nzawi in Machakos and Kangundo. All those areas are covered under that other programme. view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is normal practice that we move food from different NCPB depots to other areas, where they need food. Even the food in Bomet will be replenished with food from Nairobi. That is a normal practice and it should not scare anybody. It is just normal for us to do that. It is easier to get food, for example, from Kitui, if we have to move it to Garissa. We take it from a nearer place than bring it all the way from Nairobi. Then, we can move the food in Nairobi to those areas. view
• 23 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, they are going on. We got a report from the District Steering Group (DSG), and we have scaled up. I want to be very clear on this one. The EMOP programme covers only 17 districts in our country. The rest are covered under general food distribution. In Turkana Central District, we are scaling up through the general food distribution. This month alone, we are releasing 6,000 bags of maize to Turkana. We used to release only 3,000 bags, but we have now doubled it. We will also release some rice and beans for them to be able ... view