Ramadhan Seif Kajembe

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, areas around Lake Naivasha are classified as wetland areas. The hon. Member from Kisumu knows very well that areas around the shores of Lake Victoria are classified as wetlands. I will table a report before this House as soon as it is finalised. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the department handling this issue of wetlands is the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said in the preamble of my remarks I said “yes.” view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said clearly that NEMA is handling wetlands issues and is co-ordinating--- view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, co-ordinating lead agencies. One such agency is the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). This is in my answer. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already answered the Question. But I will repeat. Yes, the Ministry knows areas of wetlands. But in order to bring a comprehensive report we are saying that there is a committee to identify these areas. We will table the report of this Committee. The hon. Member who asked this Question knows this and said that KWS was given funds by NEMA. I agree with the hon. Member that I will bring to this House all the areas affected by wetlands after the Committee concludes its report. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I still plead with hon. Members of Parliament. Let us give time to the Committee to conclude the findings, then we will come here with a very comprehensive report. If you are asking me when I would table this, I can say if we are given 90 days, we will be in a position to table this report. This is a technical issue which cannot be done overnight. I am pleading with hon. Members to give me 90 days. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my officers are on the ground in every area they have identified wetlands. That is why I am able to mention places like Kisumu, Naivasha and other areas. So, I can tell you that we are taking care of individual cases. But once the report is ready, we will table it before this House. view
• 7 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said earlier on, NEMA is doing co- ordination. So, the budget we approved for NEMA will cater for this. My Ministry does not get adequate funds from this House. This is a very important Ministry and I request this House to give us adequate funds in future. view
• 14 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that parts of Nyakach Constituency fall under wetland area which are vulnerable, with fragile and unstable ecosystem, and that there is a serious degradation due to continued human activity. The areas affected include Rangul Location in lower Nyakach Division, Gem Rae in North Nyakach and parts of West Nyakach Location. (b) My Ministry has taken care of the situation as guided by the legislative framework governing the management of wetlands, rivers and lakes. Section 42 of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act (EMCA) 1999, clearly stipulates how rivers, ... view