Dr. Noah Wekesa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Cabinet memo has already been discussed by the Cabinet but a Motion has to come to this House to approve the degazettement. I am not in charge of bringing these documents. There is a different office which does that. view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have seen buildings there but on whether they are illegal, I have said I am not aware and I really do not know. So, do not force me to answer things that I do not know. view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an issue to do with roads and land and, of course, the national park. I cannot answer detailed issues about roads when my colleague is not there. If he was here, we would consult. view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think there is any need to consult as far as the national park is concerned. I am capable of answering the Question with regard to the road passing through the national park but I do not think I have anything to do with any other part of Nairobi that has been grabbed by Kenyans. view
• 31 Jul 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, all I know is that the part that we have approved for the road, the Ministry of Roads has made available a piece of land equivalent in size to about 60 hectares. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware of the potential of Kakamega Forest Reserve as a tourist destination site. However, it should be noted that the entire ecosystem covers an area of 19,792 hectares, of which the northern part comprising of 4,468 hectares is managed by Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) already gazetted and the rest is under the direct management of Kenya Forest Service (KFS). The national reserve in the forest was gazettted in 1985 under Wildlife Management Act, Cap.376, while the forest boundaries were recently re-established in 2006 by KFS and therefore, the ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kakamega Forest is very unique. It is unique in the sense that it is almost 90 per cent indigenous forest. Therefore, it is quite possible under the present circumstances to create the whole of it as a carbon cycle concentration centre. Therefore, it is quite possible that the local community can benefit immensely, if the whole forest is preserved and we start carbon credits within the forests. It is also possible that the exercise can be started immediately, because there is some experimental work going on in some of the areas, where communities are already benefiting ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is entirely an issue that can be addressed properly by my colleague; the Minister for Tourism. However, since we provide the products of tourism, wildlife is a product and forest is a product, I am willing to work very closely with the Minister to ensure that we create the Western circuit. Currently, the Minister for Tourism and Wildlife and ourselves are developing what we call the western circuit; that is right from Lambwe valley through Kisumu, through Kakamega, through Mt. Elgon towards Turkana. We are working on this circuit and I will advise the Member ... view
• 13 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have a Ministerial Statement that was requested by the hon. Member for Gichugu but I can see she is not here. Therefore, we will preserve it until she is here. view
• 6 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply My Ministry is currently supporting afforestation and other environmental related efforts aimed at reversing loss of vegetative cover in Mua Hills. The Kenya Forests Service with the support of the Community Development Trust Fund (CDTF) jointly funded by the Kenya Government and the European Union have been implementing the IVEMUA Project that covers the Iveti and Mua Hills. The total funding of the projects amounts to Kshs22 million. In addition, the following complementary activities geared towards reversing environmental degradation and increase of tree cover have so far been implemented within the ... view