Sophia Abdi Noor

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• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: a way that they are able to export and utilise their livestock within their country. They use those resources to do other development projects in their country. They even have surplus. For a long time, the livestock industry has been forgotten in this country. We need to give the capacity and resources to the sector so that we can give the pastoralist communities the empowerment that they deserve. With those few remarks, I support the Committee’s Report. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand by the Report on encroachment of riparian areas by the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. I would like to thank the Committee members and particularly those who are here up to now. I know that some of them are even fasting. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: The Committee in conducting the inquiry into this was guided by various principles and objectives. One of the objectives that guided this inquiry was to establish the extent of encroachment into the riparian land and the effects of the encroachment. How far has that caused a problem in this country? What are the solutions and what can we do together holistically? The other objective was to recommend mechanisms and ways of protection of our riparian and wetlands areas. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when we started the inquiry, the Committee resolved to conduct inspection visits into riparian areas particularly within Nairobi City and Mombasa County. We had various stakeholders’ meetings to discuss and forge a way forward on the problems facing this country. 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. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: One particular case that I am concerned with that touched my heart is that, Mombasa is an island and because of the encroachment and reclamation of the Indian Ocean, we are about to lose the status of being an island. As the Mover rightly put, it is legally allowed to reclaim a land from an ocean or the sea. But the purpose of how you will use that land must be very clear and well defined and it must be in relation with water use. It cannot be that you will have reclaimed land that you will use for office, ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have many contradicting laws and policies in this country. In every organ, we have NEMA that has its own environment that it is working with, we have the WARMA that has its own regulations and the City Council that has their own regulations. All these conflicts each other and do not meet at any given time to have a structured manner of engagement. When the owners of Ukay Center visited us, they had letters, certificates and licences from all these bodies that they brought before us. Some of the witnesses who were seated there are ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: When we do not engage each other as a country and contradict each other by giving out documents left, right and center on riparian land and wetlands and punish the same people who have invested there, the investors will leave. We must be very clear. When we are providing these licences, we must have a collective understanding among all actors and all stakeholders. We also need to streamline all these laws for us to come up with proper laws in this country. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I have indicated, when NEMA gave out the licences, particularly to those who were reclaiming the land, they had terms and conditions on those licences but NEMA never followed those terms and conditions. They were moving… view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. When NEMA gave licences to the land that was reclaimed from the Indian Ocean, they had terms and conditions. Their work was to follow up and see that the people who were given those pieces of land use them in line with the terms and conditions that were provided in the licences. I beg to second. Thank you. view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I come from a county that hosts refugees. I have had a lot of experience with refugees. It has been very difficult for us as the host community because when they came 30 years ago, we did not have any structures or systems of engagement.There was no preparedness. Nobody was expecting that kind of a problem in our neighbouring country. We did not have specific laws that addressed refugees’ issues. When they came, everything became a hustle for the communities. They destroyed the environment and everything that was there, ... view