Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: These are just amendments to give more clarity. I want to note the two which are the most important amendments in terms of definitions. We refined the definition of “community” because of the fear that anybody can declare that they are a community of interest affected by mining. So, we have narrowed it to communities living around an exploration area or a group of persons who may have been displaced from land intended for mining. This is important because sometimes we resettle people in a new place and the mining operation needs to invest in providing them with schools, hospitals ... view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: The other amendment is my pet subject of the community development agreements. These are agreements entered into between a large scale mining licence and a community. We have then changed that from corporate social responsibility to corporate social investment. Those are the main ones. A certain Member was concerned about the issue of sand. I just want the Members to note that in our definition of “rocks”, we have deleted it from construction minerals, so that we do not create confusion that all The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: rocks and limestone are not included under construction minerals, which in most cases, especially sand and the rest, are already devolved. view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will seek your indulgence to donate a minute to hon. Njomo, after I finish. I want to begin by thanking all the hon. Members who have had five hours and 50 minutes of amendments that we have had to go through. Specifically, I would like to thank hon. Members of my Committee. I do have a quorum and I can move any amendments because of having more than nine of the Members of the Committee until the end. This is our second very technical Bill that we have passed. But more importantly, whereas ... view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: I have misplaced my card, if you could kindly allow me to use a card belonging to hon. Njomo view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Water Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 8 of 2014) be read a Second Time. The water sector is currently managed through the Water Act 2002, an Act that was developed pursuant to the Water Policy, 1999. The Water Policy, 1999 was one that was moved to reform the water sector so that we could have wider reach of water distribution to the citizenry. The reforms that were brought about by the Water Act achieved three objectives. It separated water policy and development from sector regulation. The separation of water resource ... view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if you could protect me from the Member for Wajir South who is consulting very loudly, I would be happy. view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as I was saying, the Water Act 2002 intended to separate water resource management and water services because water service provision was in the past managed by municipal councils and city councils that tended to divert the revenues accrued from water provision to other activities thus 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
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: reducing investment in water resources. As such, we were not able to expand as fast as possible. The other objective was to kill corruption in the sector. I want to report that after the water sector reforms and the enactment of the Water Act, 2002, we ended up having more investment in the sector with the international community willing to invest in that sector. Therefore, there was more investment in the water sector. The separation of co- ordination and policy development from water service provision and inclusion of private entities really brought major improvements. The reforms also helped in devolving ... view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Having consulted all these stakeholders, we appreciated the fact that the starting point for these matters are the different functions that the Constitution places in the two levels of Government vis-à-vis the management of the water sector. It is for this reason that we looked at Schedule IV. It is very clear that water resources are vested on the national Government. This is an important aspect that needs to be appreciated because it is going to affect how we relate in this sector in totality especially in light of devolution. Once we state that water resources are vested in the ... view