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The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

The Hon. Diallo Rabain, JP, MP

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20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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The former Minister came up with that? Okay. Well, we can thank the former Minister.
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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But we have come up with this new policy and this new initiative to promote the Railway Trail, you know, as a tourism feature—
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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—the Rail Trail as a tourism feature, but we have cut the budget. And we have al-so tendered out a project that says, for selected portions of the railway trail. So I am just wondering, what selected portions are we talking about and what is going to happen with the rest of it. Has there been any discussion between this …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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The Railway Trail. Can we say Railway Trail?
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Now, when I turn to page B - 170, [cost centre] 78055, and we are talking about Tulo Valley. Now, Tulo Valley, again, was one of those apartments that was funded but the money was not spent. It was funded last year, $526,000, and only spent $367,000. This year the funding went down to $436,000, some $90,000 less. Now, when …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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We use this one? This one actually has almost no information in it that the [Budg-et] Book has. Just about every category has “N/A” [not applicable] . So I am not sure what is going on there. [Inaudible interjection]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Everything has been ca ncelled out to say “N/A” . . . even previous years say “N/A.” So, I was wondering, how can we not know what happened in previous years? But when we look at the performance measures, and I just wonder, Well, what happened here? because Tulo Valley is supposed to be Government’s main producer of bedding plants …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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What? Am I . . . okay. Well, the Minister can answer that when he stands up. So, I would like to know what is going on with the failing to rely on Tulo Valley. And the former Minis - ter says that the . . . (my reliance is wrong) but when I look at the business unit on …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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And why isn’t it applicable? Why don’t we have target outcomes? The Minister talked in his brief about all of these wonderful pl antings that are going to be taking place, et cetera, so you should have some idea of what we plan to pr oduce out of Tulo Valley. [Crosstal k]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Because when I look at Tulo Valley, I wonder, you know, here is a place where . . . they do propagation, they do growing and stuff. This could be a perfect learning tool for people who are interested in this sort of field that could be done through Government. My question would be, How many people are we training …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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I do not know if anyone is listening; I hope I can get some answers to those questions. Why not use the centre for training and to boost productions rather than a decrease? [Crosstal k]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Once again, a decrease in funding is noted for Botanical Gardens, page B- 170, [cost centre] 78065, by some $65,000. But when we look at the performance measures, they go up. This I just do not understand. We expect more tourists, we expect more plants to be planted but we are reducing the budget. I just do not understand it …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Now, talking on Parks, B - 170. Again, I am back at 7805—
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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B-170, 78030. We are ref erring to Eastern Parks at this time. I do not know about you, but I know the previous Minister and the current Minister do not live in the east. [Inaudible i nterjections]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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That is not east, that is central. You will notice tha t the parks in the east . . . you know, I live right next to Shelly Bay Park, and I walk through there. I run through there. It is always overgrown. The trash cans [are] overflowing, and all the like. [Inaudible i nterjections]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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And [this was] confirmed by the Minister’s brief, where he said that there is a cha llenge in keeping the parks clean and emptying the garbage cans and stuff. I reiterate that the parks have been in dismal condition over the last year or so. Garbage cans overflowing, this can lead to increase in rodents, increase in feral cats, pests, …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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If you look at [programme] 7906, Pollution Control, and below that, [cost centre] 89100, if we go over to the budget for this year, and then right next to the column, the amount different from the year before, I am hoping that is a typo. B ecause the budget has increased by 100 per cent if this is true. I …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Is the Minister or the ex - Minister answering? [Crosstalk ]
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Now, notwithstanding the announcement made this morning, one of the biggest things that stands out that has been talked to me and I have been called constantly about it, and I r emember the former Minister saying that this was a headache of his, and the Minister before him, and I am assuming the new Minister is: Everyone wants to …
20 Mar 2017 House of Assembly
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Well, I do not have a licenc e to cull. I do not have a licence. But it was no more than five feet from the shore in water about two and a half to three feet deep. And it was a sight to see be-cause it was the first time I had seen one, you know, right there in …