Stephen Ntutu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 61 to 70 of 95.

• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The estimated livestock population in Kenya as at the year 2006 was about 60 million. The main livestock species that are kept in Kenya are: head of cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, camels, rabbits and pigs. We have 12,425,300 head of cattle; 8,277,000 sheep, 10,238,000 goats; 27,771,800 poultry, 1,058,300 camels, 547,500 rabbits and 320,000 pigs. (b) The next livestock census will be undertaken when funds will be available. view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes, I am satisfied. I am very sure that the numbers are okay, as I have given. view
• 3 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that there is a shortage of dairy cattle in Kenya. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Government spent a total of Kshs98,944,421 to fight Rift Valley Fever outbreak in 34 districts. (b) From the time the exercise started in January 2007, a total of 1,704,978 animals have been vaccinated against Rift Valley Fever and 745,728 treated with Pour-On insecticides. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. We have some districts in which we have active programmes for the control of this vector, especially in Meru Central, Nakuru, Narok and Murang'a. There are several of them; about 18. So, we are still treating for the vector. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. As a Ministry, we have already put some measures in place. We have purchased several litres of Pour-On insecticide, which kills the insects which carry the virus. So, at least, we have purchased about 8,526 litres of Pour-On insecticide, which we have already despatched to districts which we suspect have the risk of facing that problem. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think our Ministry is performing very well. The Meteorological Department predicted the heavy rains. We then made arrangements to get some money from the Treasury. We decided that, first of all, we should give our staff more training on how to handle the Rift Valley Fever. We managed to move very fast after the release of the funds and we performed very well. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the issue raised by hon. Billow, he knows very well that investigations are still going on. We have sent samples abroad for more tests to be done. I can only request the hon. Member to be patient for the results. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we talk now, we have already dispatched several vaccines to district headquarters countrywide. view
• 13 Jun 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we have already sent vaccines to all district headquarters, especially the 34 affected districts. We have spent over Kshs18 million on that issue of distributing vaccines to district headquarters. In case of any outbreak, the people will not have to travel all the way to Nairobi. The matter can be arrested at the district level. view