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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I, on behalf of the Members of the Committee on Lands and Natural Resources, thank the Minister and also take this opportunity to present my Committeeâs findings on the scrutiny of the Annual Estimates for the Financial Year 2010/2011 for Vote 21, pursuant to the provisions of our Standing Orders. My Committee supervises the following Ministries: The Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, the Ministry of Lands and the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, pursuant to our Standing Orders, my Committee held meetings with the Minister and his senior staff led by the Permanent Secretary on Tuesday, 22nd June, 2010. In that meeting, we scrutinized the budget of this Ministry in line with the following documents: Vision 2030, Medium Term Plans, Printed Estimates for the Financial Year 2010/211, Budget Speech for 2010/2011 financial year, Budget Outlook Paper for financial year 2010/2011, Budget Strategy Paper for this year and the Budget Policy Paper. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to make the following observations on behalf of my Committee. It would appear that this Ministry is facing a number of challenges. One of them is catchment protection. The other challenge is the liquid, solid and air pollution and poor waste management. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is, clearly, poor collaboration and I would like to beg the Minister to listen to what the Chairman of the Committee is saying. There is poor collaboration with other Ministries. For example, this Ministry has spent a lot of money and resources to clean up the Nairobi River. It would appear that the Ministry of Local Government and, in particular, the Nairobi City Council has not followed up the enormous resources that have been spent by this Ministry to clean up that river. I think we have all seen the effects of that. We request that there be better collaboration between this Ministry and other relevant Ministries so that key areas can be improved. Clearly, climate change, desertification, problems leading to landslides, tremors, earthquakes and other problems that we have seen elsewhere also affect us. There is inadequacy in mineral policy and legal framework. This is not the first time we are raising this matter, if I may add. There is lack of benefits and a sharing framework for minerals and gemstones with the communities; which benefits can be guaranteed by a legal framework. There is land degradation, pollution caused by mining operations, low investments in mining and mineral development, inadequate funding for mines and geological department for data collection and mineral exploration. It would also appear that we could, perhaps, invest more in modernizing the equipment at the Kenya Meteorological Department for monitoring weather patterns. We have also observed that the absorption capacity for this Ministry, indeed, as was the case with other Ministries, has been affected by delays in Exchequer and delays in donor release of funds. I wish, therefore, to make the following recommendations. I would like to, first of all, by way of preface, to commend the Minister for introducing a new Head on Climate Change which shows the prioritization of its impact and, therefore, adaptation and mitigation. I think this is something that we are very glad to see. But by way of recommendation, we wish to see the Ministry maximize on the opportunities presented by the Global Carbon Trading and Climate Change negotiations. We also recommend that the Minister undertakes a speedy review of the Mining Act to enable the Department to collect sufficient Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A) and supplement the contribution of the Ministry. The Committee is agreeable to the proposals by the Minister for Environment and Mineral Resources and recommend that a sum not exceeding Kshs2,259,716,000 be allocated to the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, Vote R21 and Kshs4,199,462,810 for the Development Expenditure as proposed in the heads under Vote D21. The Ministry should be allowed to raise A-in-A amounting to Kshs368,232,500 to finance its operations. The Committee wishes to sincerely thank the offices of Mr. Speaker and that of the Clerk to the National Assembly and the staff and especially our clerk, Mr. Rana Tiampati. I also take this opportunity to thank all Members of my Committee for their patience, commitment and hard work. I think it is necessary to mention their names. They are hon. Peris Simam, hon. Silas Ruteere, hon. Gunda, Ambassador Affey, hon. Ogindo, hon. Washiali, hon. Gitau, hon. K. Kilonzo and hon. Omar Zonga. Without their commitment, we could not have achieved as much as we have with so much efficiency in such a short time. It is now my pleasant duty, and on behalf of the Departmental Committee on Lands and Natural Resources, to present and recommend this report to this honourable House, pursuant to the provisions of the Standing Orders of the National Assembly. I beg to support."
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