Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to commend the Mover of this Motion which is overdue. We have talked about this for a long time. The history of the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) is a good one. The AFC was established to assist the African farmer who at that time did not have title deeds to give to banking institutions. So, it came in very handy as a way of getting finance to do various activities including buying livestock, fencing farms, establishing water systems on farms and growing maize, coffee or whatever other crop. For some time the AFC ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The KWS did not purchase LRNo.10068. The property was donated to the KWS as a gift having been purchased by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) from a private willing seller. (b) The Government is not aware of the memorandum and the letter referred to and, therefore, my Ministry cannot comment. Perhaps, these documents can be provided to us to facilitate an informed response. (c) The Government is law abiding and will neither go against any laws of the country nor any court order given on the said parcel of land as a ... view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware of these documents that have been laid on the table. We, as the Government, this piece of land was donated to us. In the interest of conservation of our wildlife, we accepted the donation. This is in keeping with the need to preserve our wildlife which is an economic cash cow to us. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we, as a Government, have not been sued. So, I cannot comment on that point. However, I do not know whether it is in the interest of this House to know that person. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this was not public land. This is land that belonged to an individual who--- view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, an individual who donated the land! view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this land belonged to Ol Pejeta Ranch. The piece of land was donated to the KWS for conservation. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this land belonged to Ol Pejeta and a piece of Ol Pejeta was given to the former President--- view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the former President did not want to use this land for his private use and he donated it to KWS. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I have, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view