Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be able to give a comprehensive Ministerial Statement on Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, we have alerted our officials on the ground. I am sure that they are in the area taking steps to make sure that the animals do not disturb the population there. view
• 22 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, since the matter was mentioned in Parliament, the KWS has taken steps to comb the area. The area is big. Therefore, the hon. Member may not be able to see the officers as they do their work. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry is keenly aware of the need to establish the percentage of forest cover in each county of the country. That will include gazetted forests, forest in Government institutions, trust lands and private farm lands. Inventories undertaken in the past were based on ecosystems and not in accordance with the county boundaries. In this regard, and in accordance with the new Constitution, my Ministry is in the process of undertaking a comprehensive national forest resource mapping to be classified in accordance with county boundaries. (b)According to international standards, a country is ... view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have actually finished. Lastly, it is setting standards and guidelines for counties for protection and for increased tree cover. Finally, we are going to enter into partnership and advocacy with other stakeholders and development partners to undertake projects to increase tree cover. Thank you. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, generally speaking, we have 1.7 per cent tree cover, and because of the new Constitution, we are now undertaking our policy to conform to the requirements of the new Constitution. So, work is being done all over the country with the purpose of addressing issues of counties; obviously, that is going to take some time. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a very good question. Many Kenyans do not know the advantages of carbon credits. Some of the overseas companies that deal in carbon credits have been busy looking around Africa, and particularly in Kenya. In the Meru area, there is already a company that is doing inventories of all the forests on small- scale farms to actually find how much carbon is expected from each farmer. We hope that this is going to spread right throughout the country. It is going to be one way of empowering our people to benefit from carbon credits. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, that is exactly what we are doing by taking inventories. There is no way that overseas companies can do inventories without my officers being involved. In fact, in the Meru area, our officers are involved. We are going to make sure that our nationals are not exploited by this company. We are quite aware of what actually can happen. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not able to tell the hon. Member the percentage of land in Mau that has been rehabilitated, the reason being that it has not been easy to remove all those who had invaded Mau. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the land that we cleared the people from, a natural forest has already grown. In fact, in most of the areas, so long as there is no animal and human activities, natural forests have already grown. view
• 18 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot give the House figures for the whole country. Should the House wish me to come out with figures that cover the whole country, I am prepared to come and read them out. view