Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo

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• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as we talk about this policy it is important that it is read together with the National Wetlands Conservation and Management Policy because many times wetlands are the saviours of wildlife. As we look at various wetlands, as we look at various forests all over the country, we must look at them together with this new policy. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as we talk about this policy it is important that it is read together with the National Wetlands Conservation and Management Policy because many times wetlands are the saviours of wildlife. As we look at various wetlands, as we look at various forests all over the country, we must look at them together with this new policy. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Wildlife presents our national heritage. We have no choice at all but to protect and conserve it. Wildlife attracts tourists, both local and foreign. As we are aware, for many years, tourism has been the highest foreign exchange earner for Kenya. Of course, the contribution of tourism to the GDP has been falling over the years because of very many other issues all of us are aware of: insecurity, geopolitics and bad politics within our country. I hope this policy will manage to stem the negative trend and ensure that we see the best out of wildlife, our heritage and ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Wildlife presents our national heritage. We have no choice at all but to protect and conserve it. Wildlife attracts tourists, both local and foreign. As we are aware, for many years, tourism has been the highest foreign exchange earner for Kenya. Of course, the contribution of tourism to the GDP has been falling over the years because of very many other issues all of us are aware of: insecurity, geopolitics and bad politics within our country. I hope this policy will manage to stem the negative trend and ensure that we see the best out of wildlife, our heritage and ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to join my colleagues on the issue of human- wildlife conflict. It is caused by changes in lifestyle, changes in farming practices, by natural resource degradation and many other things. The ultimate end is that the human person and communities suffer a lot. The communities who have the natural duty to protect wildlife suffer a 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
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me to join my colleagues on the issue of human- wildlife conflict. It is caused by changes in lifestyle, changes in farming practices, by natural resource degradation and many other things. The ultimate end is that the human person and communities suffer a lot. The communities who have the natural duty to protect wildlife suffer a 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
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: lot. Therefore, I join my colleagues in stating that one of the issues we did not look at is how to prevent human-wildlife conflict and if it happens, how to compensate and reconstitute what has been lost both to wildlife and to the human beings. We know budget constraints make it tactically unsustainable to compensate everybody but I believe there can be a robust way of achieving compensation however tokenism it is to those who suffer as a result of wildlife. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: lot. Therefore, I join my colleagues in stating that one of the issues we did not look at is how to prevent human-wildlife conflict and if it happens, how to compensate and reconstitute what has been lost both to wildlife and to the human beings. We know budget constraints make it tactically unsustainable to compensate everybody but I believe there can be a robust way of achieving compensation however tokenism it is to those who suffer as a result of wildlife. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the approval of the Sessional Paper No.1 of 2020 view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the approval of the Sessional Paper No.1 of 2020 view