Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sorry. I do not have her name right now. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you can see, the whole House is laughing at that remark. I will tell you that hon. Kutuny, who is my neighbour, has not visited me. I want to invite him, through you, to come to my view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have given the long history about the settlers in Trans Nzoia and mentioned Mr. Hughe Balad, who occupied the land after World War I. That land is not Mt. Elgon Forest and that is why I want the hon. Member to come to my house so that he can appreciate how far I live from the forest. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware that some people were settled in Solio Ranch, but I am not aware that they were evicted from Mt. Kenya Forest. Nevertheless, I would like to add that many people were relocated from Mt. Kenya, Marmanet Forest, the Aberdares, Cherengany Forest and Mt. Elgon and the issue of compensation has never been discussed. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I apologise. I have made notes about the rights of children and I want to respond to that view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, two wrongs do not make a right and I must state that clearly. Those families walked from somewhere into that forest and I doubt whether they came by lorries. I doubt too whether those children, ladies and the old people were carried into the forest by lorries. The records that we have show that many of those people invaded the forest after the post- election violence and they are the ones we are evicting right now. All I am saying is that two wrongs do not make a right. I am not saying that we are not ... view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is an old Member of this House. He knows that we passed the Forest Act of 2005 which states very clearly that there will be no human habitation in forest areas. We have game reserves and national parks in forest areas. The law is very clear. It is not true to say that these encroachers have the right to be in the forest. In fact, they are breaking the law to go into a gazetted forest area. In any other circumstances, as Minister for Forestry and Wildlife, I would take stiff action against people ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First of all, I want to congratulate the new Members of Parliament represented here by Mr. Justus Kizito and Eng. Simon Ogari. I would also like to say that I spent a week in Shinyalu and I can attest the fact that Mr. Kizito was elected democratically. The election was very peaceful and I can assure the hon. Member that I will work together with him to uplift the lifestyles of Shinyalu people who are my relatives in one way or the other. view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I want to commend my colleagues for voting for the Mau Task Force report yesterday. It was a happy day for me and the spirit that I saw emanating from hon. Members here is that they recognized the importance of environment and saving our forests; our five water towers. The only thing I want to urge them is that let all of us talk to people about planting trees. Those with land should donate 10 per cent of it for planting of trees. To schools, we are saying that each child should plant five trees at school and three trees ... view