17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. I rise to support this Bill. This is the best Bill that this country can get in terms of the Mining Act and it seeks to repeal the Mining Act Cap.306 which was there initially, and which never provided some provisions previously. When it comes to administration, the Bill in Clauses 16 and 17 provides the CS to declare some minerals as strategic minerals. In Cap.17 it establishes two directories – the Directorate for Mines and also the Directorate for Geological Survey.
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17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the most important thing about this Bill is the resource-sharing between the county governments, the community and the National Government. It provides a formula that the National Government will go with 70 per cent, the County Government will go with 20 per cent and the communities which are living around the mining areas will have 10 per cent.
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17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Bill also provides the community social responsibility. It has changed and called it a community development plan. Any company without a community development plan will not be issued with a licence in this country and that puts in the interest of the communities which are living around the mining areas.
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17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in Clauses 58 to 70, the Bill provides on how licence applications are being done, the renewal of those licences and the obligations and rights. When it comes to compensation and service rights and disputes in provisions 127 and 129, the Bill provides adequately what we need to do about that. Also dealing with minerals, in Clauses 132, 124 and 138, it is taking care of that.
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17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, lastly, on environmental safety, the Bill has provided adequate care about the environment.
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17 Jul 2014 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, I support. Thank you.
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 3 be amended in sub-clause (3) by deleting the figure “73” and substituting therefor the figure “72”.
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
This is because there is no provision of 73 in the Bill.
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
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4 Dec 2013 in National Assembly:
I do not have a further amendment.
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