Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to present the estimates of Vote 55 for the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife for the 2009/2010. The Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife’s mandate is to protect, conserve and sustainably manage forestry and wildlife resources in the country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the Budget Speech for 2009/2010 Fiscal Year, agriculture, tourism, energy, fishing and manufacturing among others were identified as the key sectors for our country’s economic development. As you will note, the above mentioned sectors have fundamental issues relating to environment, climate change and food security, all of which have direct relationship ... view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Can I just take a minute? view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was going to talk about the Wildlife Clubs which received Kshs18, 800,000. With those few remarks, I beg to move and I have requested the Chairman of the Department Committee, Mr. Musyimi to second. view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to use this opportunity to commend my colleagues for the very good suggestions that they have made. My officers are here, and I hope that as I was making my own notes, they were also making the notes. Hon. Members have come up with very good suggestions that will help us to give Kenyans a better service. Currently, you pick a newspaper and you see Mau, drought and Kenyans dying of hunger. I wonder how many of us think about the real cause of all those things. The real cause is that we ... view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: I did not say that, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. But I want to say this: The new Bill that is coming before the Cabinet in a week or so - and we hope that before September or thereabouts, the Bill will come to this House - recognizes the importance of people living around forests and national parks. In that Bill, we have recognized that the best friends we have are the people living next to national parks; those are the first askaris that look after our animals and, indeed, many pastoral communities have been in the forefront of protecting ... view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Okay. I was just going to say that we will soon be discussing it. But there is an issue that I wanted to address; that donor funding is being used in the wrong way. I just want to say that the donor funds that we have been getting have been utilised for development. But nearly all the activities are view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to move. view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: THAT, sum not exceeding Kshs2,635,614,425 be issued from the Consolidated Fund to complete the sum necessary to meet the expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2010 in respect of:- view
• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution. view