2 Aug 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Methu, the issue of ensuring that we confine our harvesting to the 5 per cent is extremely pertinent. It calls on strict diligence by the KFS. I must assure you that I am aware of that. We have had to do serious operations which I would like to assure the Senate that they will be consistent and persistent. We have had interdictions of KFS officers and impounding of forest products going beyond the allowable limits. That is an exercise that will continue to make sure that we do not have people taking advantage of ...
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2 Aug 2023 in Senate:
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2 Aug 2023 in Senate:
We have had discussions with the County Government of Kilifi and it might arise in any other county in this country. Going forward, we need to ensure that due process is followed. This will ensure that benefits that accrue to the affected communities are authentic and done in a transparent manner. It will also ensure that any accruing benefits to the Government are realized adequately.
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2 Aug 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will need time, the Senator of Baringo County, to be able to issue a substantive response to this.
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2 Aug 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and Sen. Abass. Indeed, the ASALs potent
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2 Aug 2023 in Senate:
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2 Aug 2023 in Senate:
the highest opportunity for our tree growing initiative to succeed. This is where we have the land available in large sizes. Therefore, yes, we have to do affirmative action of sorts and we are in discussion with the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Sanitation to start with. This is because of the weather conditions in the ASALs which do not give us the opportunity to do massive tree growing because of the unpredictability of the rains and the likes. We have the plans for the schools, but we must march this with the availability of the necessary infrastructure, key of ...
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2 Aug 2023 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir and the hon. Senator. With the lift of the ban on logging, where we are starting from is to clear a backlog of saw millers of different formations. When the ban was imposed in 2018, some saw millers had been allocated with plantations. They had paid but they were caught up in the moratorium and then they left their products in the forest. Some of them have rotten away. It is the colossal loses that I was talking about that have been occasioned to saw millers. Some of the saw millers at the point of ...
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, allow me to commend the House for such an opportunity to interact with the legislature. I was a member of this House and a chairperson of committees. I know the onerous tasks chairpersons struggle with when they are put to task on Questions they have no first-hand experience on. I want to go straightaway to the Question raised by the Member for Elgeyo Marakwet and also commend the Questions brought before the Ministry for being very pertinent and those touching on matters of great concern to the public. Hon. Speaker, this being a specific Question ...
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, in terms of the productive areas covered by plantations in Elgeyo Marakwet, we have a total of 12,615 hectares under commercial plantation. This is pertinent in answering this Question. We have 78,185 hectares under natural forests. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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