Roselinda Soipan Tuya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 31 to 40 of 600.

• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In response to the question from Sen. Okenyuri, we recognize the status of our natural resources in the country at the moment. We have rampant destruction, illegalities happening within our forest ecosystems and very worrying levels of pollution. I assure this House that sustainable waste management, which includes dealing with pollution of our water sources, is key in terms of the priorities of the Ministry of Environment. Beyond the Nairobi River, which is just one ecosystem, we are putting measures in place through NEMA. Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you look at our mother law, the ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Again, the question by Sen. Cheruiyot as a follow-up to that one by Sen. Okenyuri. I know I am giving a very global response to this, but we have effluent discharge strategies. You realise that our rivers are not even black. The Nairobi River’s ecosystem goes up to the Indian Ocean. When you follow the trend of it from the Ondiri swamp up to the Indian Ocean, it is distressing. I want the nation to know that we are concerned and deeply so, because we are not doing well at all. There have been actions ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the value chain spirit, a sustainable waste management plan is a place. We can also employ our young people in the material recovery facilities in the recycling processes that some of the companies are demonstrating right in this city. We can turn our waste into wealth by organising our youth who live around dumpsites in cooperatives. If you look at the Dandora Dump site, for example, we have had serious attempts to deal with it. However, there has been no comprehensive approach to it yet. We know it has been demonstrated in other jurisdictions, that, indeed, ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mheshimiwa Sen. Mungatana, allow me to respond in English because I do not know what Mathomba-bruk is in Kiswahili. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Okay. Thank you, Sen. Mungatana, MGH. We have an ongoing study with NEMA on the subject of rivers changing course and affecting communities in the natural phenomena. That is not an action designed by man. Given time, we can provide that study. I can promise to follow it up with a study visit or by myself because I have not been there; to try and reconcile the study findings and the necessary action that needs to be taken for the people of Tana River County. That also brings forth the fact that our water sources need special attention and I ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and Hon. Senator for your question. Yes, schools are one of the major stakeholders in the tree growing initiative. That is where we have free labour from our children; not labour in the street sense of it. Recently, through the Cabinet, we got approval for an institutionalisation plan to institutionalise tree growing within the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) programme in our schools. This will allow a value system developed in our children right from the tender age of school. They shall take environmental conservation and eco- system protection as a core value as they grow up. ... view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the tree growing initiative is broad and wide beyond the schools programme. I would like to inform the Senate that we have a very elaborate strategy which is targeting various stakeholders. Hon. Senators, the tree growing initiative is not a preserve of the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry neither is it a preserve of the national Government. It is an initiative that must be owned by each and every individual Kenyan. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the strategy has targets for schools, our county governments, each and every Ministry department and Agency of Government and the private sector in this country because that is the approach that this must take for it to succeed. When I say targets, we have a strategy that goes up to the numbers that we expect of each and every stakeholder to undertake in realising this; schools included since they are a part of it. view
• 2 Aug 2023 in Senate: If we are to do the math and divide the 15 billion trees that we need to plant by 2032, it translates to 30 trees per Kenyan per year. That includes myself, the Senators and everybody in this country. We are calling on everybody to take their responsibility. Hon. Senator, please be informed that it is not just the schools, but it is a broad multi stakeholder approach to it. view