Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my officers are on the ground and they are getting members registered. Since the hon. Member is very keen, I would like to work with him and make sure that this process is fast-tracked. We have initiated and launched many community forest associations around Kakamega, Mt. Elgon, Mt. Kenya and Meru areas. The community forest associations are already there and are registered. We want to register these community forest associations around our biggest ecosystem which is Mau. I would like to work with the Member of Parliament. Indeed, if he is prepared we can have ... view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the issue of carbon credit is very important to us because there is a lot of money out there, but our people do not know how to access it. We are working with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and credible institutions--- view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Kiuna is a good friend of mine and I know he lives around the ecosystem. If he would like me to invite him to come on this trip, he is welcome. But that does not amount to a point of order. I will be glad to do that. view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: I was just explaining that the issue of carbon credit is very new and some of our people are being short-changed. We have seen how it started. The companies themselves keep most of the money and our people are left with peanuts. What we are trying to do is to have a process where we are dealing with somebody who is credible and who will pay the maximum that we expect. That is because we know that the polluters of this world have invested a lot of money in carbon credit and we would like to have our right share ... view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, I will. Is it the time to do it now? view
• 14 Dec 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform my colleague that I am a scientist and I went through issues of statistics when I was doing genetics. I have also been making notes on behalf of the Government. So, there is no need to worry about the Government not being represented. I am here and I am able. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will make sure that I pass the message to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to be here this afternoon to answer the Question. view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Will tomorrow be okay? view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to apologise because I was not here when the Question was asked the first time. I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that a lorry, registration No.EX-GK 994 K was intercepted by Ms. Margaret Kanyua on 31st October, 2011. However, the lorry was not carrying cypress logs as alleged, but was carrying Cyprus poles which were obtained from a re-spacing exercise of natural re-eneration cyprus plantation in Ontulili Forest Station. The poles were ultimately sold to the owner of the lorry by our officers in the station. A receipt No.508167 was issued ... view
• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are dealing with a specific Question. However, the hon. Member is now talking about the whole of Mt. Kenya. Why can we not finish dealing with this specific Question and then we can go into these other matters? view