Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Drought has been with us for two years now. We see our people dying and our animals dying. Hippos and elephants have been dying, because of drought. So, it is important that we, in Kenya, are aware that destruction of forests contributes, to some extent, to the lack of rain that we are having. This has caused a lot of poverty among our people. We see people dying and we are experiencing shortage of food. Last year, we experienced shortage of food. Trans Nzoia is the granary of Kenya and I can attest to the fact that this year, Trans ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: I want to join the Member for Kacheliba in saying that we are one Government. We should not forget the fact that this is a Coalition Government. I look forward to the day when Mr. Olago will be voting with me. We should not always retreat to our political parties when we have a national issues such as the one we had yesterday. It is one Government and we have to make sure that it survives for the next three years, because our people want service from us and not politics. We have conducted enough politics, and I think we ... view
• 16 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Insecurity still continues in my constituency. Cattle rustling is common. I support the Motion. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your permission, I would like to move this Motion on behalf of the Prime Minister, who has asked me to do so. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Government’s Task Force on the Conservation of the Mau Forests Complex laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 12th August, 2009. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Kenya’s closed canopy forest cover stands at 1.7 per cent which falls below the recommended international level of 10 per cent. The Mau Forest Complex forms the largest closed canopy forest ecosystem of Kenya. It comprises of 22 forest blocks covering approximately 400,000 hectares which is 40 per cent of the total gazzetted forest in our country. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: It spans over 11 districts in Rift Valley Province. Its forests form the upper catchment of 12 main rivers and provides water to six major lakes, that is Lake Baringo, view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. view