Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I apologize for coming late. I have the answer with me. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that increasing conflict between wildlife conservation and local communities is seriously threatening the survival of wildlife, especially carnivores and tourism industry in Kenya, as conflict between humans and wildlife has occurred since view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do appreciate that this is a very important Bill and all of us in this House have been waiting for it to come here to be debated, but there were a lot of Bills with the Attorney-General. I believe that some of the delays have been there because of the many Bills that have gone to that office. I have spoken to the Attorney-General and he has assured me that his office is finalizing it and it will be here for debate before we got home. view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am willing to look at my staffing in the area. I will take steps to make sure that there is an officer in the hon. Member’s area to deal with this menace. view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Bill that will soon be before this House has addressed the issue of compensation. Compensation in the old Act was very low and we have raised compensation for injury and death. We have also included in it destruction to crops and property; if an animal destroys crops, the crops will be valued and compensation will be paid accordingly. Therefore, this will not be a problem any more. But this does not mean that the increase in wildlife-human conflict is because of compensation. I have already stated why there is an increase in the human-wildlife conflict. view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the contrary, these fences are one of our mitigation measures. They decrease the contact between humans and wildlife. Or, did I get the hon. Member right? view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry that I got you wrong. In fact, the day that somebody was killed in Naivasha, I was staying there and I went to see what had actually happened. You are quite right. We will take steps to make sure that this is rectified. view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the recent increase in the killing of elephants and rhinos is partly due to the fact that the price of ivory and elephant tusks has gone up. For example, one kilogramme of a rhino horn is valued at US$65,000. This issue is being addressed by all countries that have rhinos and elephants. In March, there will be a CITES meeting where Kenya is recognized as one of the countries that have good measures of protection. We will be speaking at this meeting. It is something we have to address globally and ask governments all over the world ... view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of any groups, people, companies or individuals who are involved in the smuggling of ivory. All I know is that most of the ivory that has been caught in the high seas is either from South Africa or Tanzania. However, the ivory that we confiscated from smugglers did not emanate from Kenya. view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is true, but I do not know of any cartels or individuals who are involved in this menace. If hon. Members and other Kenyans of goodwill have any information about cartels within Kenya, we, as a Government, are willing to receive this information and deal with it. view
• 2 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already stated that one of the reasons there is a lot of poaching is the high price that is currently being paid for these items. Secondly, we have a lot of arms within that region that is being referred to, because of the conflict in Somalia and elsewhere. Therefore, we have many poachers coming from the Somalia side. This is an issue that the Government is very aware of and we are taking steps. However, I would like to say that, yes, indeed, the increase of certain communities from Asia has a bearing on this ... view