Could the Cabinet Secretary— (i) explain the reasons behind the depletion of rivers, incl…
Question
The Member for Westlands (Hon. Timothy Wanyonyi, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry: - Could the Cabinet Secretary— (i) explain the reasons behind the depletion of rivers, including the number of permanent rivers that have dried up in each county over the past four years and the plans by the Ministry to address and mitigate the situation? (ii) Enumerate the entities and groups that discharge their effluent in rivers, along with the number of private dams constructed in the last two years and the policy statement outlining the penalties imposed on such entities for negative environmental actions? (iii) Disclose the policy statement allowing for cultivation and re-entery of communities into forested areas, specifying the regions and roadmap for such action and the acreage likely to be affected per forest? (iv) Outline the measures put in place to reclaim, safeguard, and sustain all riparian areas and vulnerable ecosystems within the country?