Aden Bare Duale

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• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for bringing down the heat that we were subjected to for the last two hours. I wish Hon. Benjamin Langat would follow your directive and go and lobby people starting now. 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
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as you said, this Bill is part of the legislation to be enacted under the year- five constitutional implementation matrix. The great value of this Bill is that it provides a framework - for the first time in the history of Kenya - for the petroleum sector in terms of an exploration framework, contracting framework, development of petroleum products, the production of petroleum and cessation of upstream petroleum operations. This makes reference to relevant Articles of the Constitution in as far as how we operate is concerned. There is geological indication that Kenya is going to join the ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Clause 6 of the Bill proposes that the Cabinet Secretary in charge of petroleum will have the mandate to develop and publish an upstream petroleum strategic plan. We cannot go into that business in the event that Kenya becomes one of the nations that will produce that product. This is not mitumba business. The country must have a vision and a strategic plan on how to deal with Ngamia-1 . That is why Kenya and other regions within the East Africa are building pipelines, oil terminals and the infrastructure that is required in making sure that, that sector develops. So, ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The Bill proposes that the national Government shall conduct upstream petroleum operations either through the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) or contractors, in accordance with the petroleum agreements or as may be prescribed by the Act. Therefore, this is a very important section of the proposed law which will only deal with serious companies. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you must have heard of the cancer issue that was raised in Marsabit County. There are companies that come to this country purporting to undertake oil exploration activities but when they get to the ground, they dump toxic materials. They get paid by multinational corporations to dump toxic materials in northern Kenya. Investigations should be carried out in Wajir, Garissa and Marsabit counties to establish why an oil company dug big holes, dumped some toxic materials and sealed those holes. Many years later, water and food in those areas got contaminated and there are traces of cancer. This ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: My deputy spoke a lot on the Bill, which was seconded by our able Vice-Chair of the Departmental Committee on Energy, Communication and Information. I can see that the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee, Hon. Jamleck and many of his Members are present. This is a very important Bill. Contractors are obligated to pay all relevant fees and levies as may be prescribed in the petroleum agreement. This is an area where countries raise a lot of revenue. The resources belong to the people, but the royalties belong to the national Government. The levies will help in developing infrastructure of ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Hon. Chachu has to leave me alone. I am about to finish. That was on a light touch. I know that he is with me in spirit. He has been my biggest supporter. He was the Secretary of the Inter-Parties Parliamentary Group (IPPG). This Bill deals with issues of environment and health safety. Issues of cancer and dumping of toxic waste will never happen. It also establishes a disaster preparedness system that includes a prevention and management unit under the Ministry of Mining in order to co-ordinate all accidents, disasters and emergencies with the relevant ministries and agencies. ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, now that my colleagues have gone to raise the two-thirds majority, you will allow me to go and have a cup of tea and come back later to transact other businesses. With those many remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 22 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The leaders of Meru have spoken. I want to speak for the neighbours whom I am one of them because, at least, the neighbours have to answer. The petition covered three areas namely sexual abuse, border conflict and insecurity. I think sexual conflict will go to the Committee on Labour and Social Welfare because that is the Committee that deals with social issues. Boarder conflict is more or less under the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the Committee that deals with IEBC is the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee. Then the other aspect of ... view
• 22 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, I agree that the people of Isiolo and Meru County have lived together for many years but now we are seeing perennial conflicts. The Meru are our very good friends. They produce Miraa and we buy from them. So, we have a long economic history but I think this House is under obligation that the Boundary Commission as envisaged in the Constitution must be operationalised so that once and for all--- It is not only in Meru and Isiolo, there are serious boundary conflicts across the 47 counties. The biggest threat to national security internally in our country is ... view