All parliamentary appearances
Entries 351 to 360 of 412.
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10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member listened to me clearly, I said that we had an inter-ministerial co-ordinating team whereby the NEMA, the Ministry of Fisheries Development, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Office of the President are doing their parts. So, we have not seen heavy metals in the initial results we have got on chemical analysis. There were no traces of the heavy metals that can cause sudden death in the analysis report. We want to corroborate the results from the various laboratories just to be sure. I have also said that the ...
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10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly:
which was affected. The common cap fish are bottom feeders. They are normally below the 1.5 metres that I mentioned because Lake Naivasha is a very shallow lake. Secondly, we have to understand that the fish species in Lake Naivasha are not traditional. The last time traditional fish was seen there was in 1968. Most of the fish in Lake Naivasha is introduced. Just like any other species that you introduce in an environment that is not traditionally theirs, as environmental phenomena change, those organisms may not cope like the species that have evolved naturally in that place. All the ...
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10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, I need to remind the hon. Member that our researchers take periodic samples. We have a research station known as the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KEMFRI) in Lake Naivasha. They take periodic samples of water and fish to test for any harmful organisms or anything that might happen to the fish that could be of danger to human beings. This is basically an ongoing project. If you go to Lake Turkana, you will also find the KEMFRI there doing periodic samples. It is the same thing in Lake Victoria and the Indian Ocean. ...
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10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member is well educated enough to know that what he is saying needs to be supported with clear information just as I have tabled here the results of an investigation that was done. However, to just stand before the House and start saying that he has heard that some farmers poured some chemicals into the Lake Naivasha, I think is being an alarmist. It is also rumour mongering---
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10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. However, the hon. Member has been talking about this and we have been doing investigations.
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10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First of all, let me make myself clear that I am not trying to be hostile. What I was trying to say is that this is a very complex matter that we need to handle from a point of information. What I did was to tell the hon. Member that if he had that kind of information--- I am glad to hear that he has already tabled some information and he has sought for a Ministerial Statement from the Ministry of Environment where the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) falls. As ...
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2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) During the Financial Year 2009/2010, the Government of Kenya allocated Kshs1.12 billion to support this farming enterprise productivity programme under the Economic Stimulus Programme initiated recently by the Government. The effort is being made because of the evidence that fish production has steadily declined and also to help in the programme of creating jobs, increasing nutrition and wealth creation for Kenyans. Through the programme, the Ministry will promote public/private sector investments in production of quality and affordable seedlings and fish to enhance aquaculture extension systems. The criteria for identification of beneficiaries in ...
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2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly:
(b) Based on the above identification criteria, Kisumu Town West Constituency is not one of the constituencies identified for funding during the current financial year. However, my Ministry has designed Phase II of this programme, which will integrate harvesting of rain water at household and institutional levels to upscale aquaculture production and encourage production of irrigated crops and other crop products. This will enable entry of constituencies that are missing from Phase I, like Kisumu Town West and others, to enter into the programme.
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2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said we depended on the data that had been produced. But we can only confirm that, that data is not correct once we do the current survey that is going on. It is then that we will compare the information which was generated then, and the information which will come out this time. We have also said that in nearly the whole country you can do aquaculture, but we need finances. So we started with Phase I, and we are going to have Phase II. If you look at the riparian constituencies that we are ...
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