Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to apologize to the House that when this Question was called none of us was in the House. I do sincerely apologize. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: I beg to reply. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Dodori National Reserve which covers an area of 877 square kilometres was gazetted as a national reserve in 1976 through Legal Gazette Notice No.75 of 14th May, 1976. The gazette notice is as per the provisions of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act Cap.376 Section 18. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that many years ago the Government accepted to degazette Dodori National Game Reserve. I want to inform the House that there are provisions for degazettement if, indeed, the residents of the area can make representation along with the county council. I am willing to visit that area. If there is need to look at this law that created the reserve in 1976, I am prepared to go on the ground and review this declaration of 1976. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, just like I have said, I think the hon. Member has an issue which I am prepared to look at. At an appropriate date, we can go to Dodori National Game Reserve to see and review the situation. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, although this is a different Question, I am prepared to answer it. As the hon. Member and the House knows, we passed the Forest Act, 2005. During this time, this House had authority to degazatte any forest or to declare an area a forested area. So our policy is that we are prepared to listen to the communities that live around the forest. That law created community forest associations and we will listen to the community forest associations in the area. We are view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that we will meet with Ms. S. Abdalla and make a real good date about this. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need one week. Is that okay? I can bring it next Tuesday. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I did not realise that I was giving him all that time. I really wanted to respond to comments made by my colleagues. view
• 10 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to commend my colleagues for their concern about the environment. Mau Forest is one of the five water towers of this country. The history of Mau Forest is very sad. We cannot go through that history again. What is important now is what to do about Mau Forest, but we cannot dwell on the history of its destruction. I want to draw the attention of Members of Parliament to the fact that we have five water towers. These are Mount Elgon, which is close to my constituency, Cherengany, which is very close ... view