Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: With that commercial break let me continue. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: With that commercial break let me continue. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was saying that with the discretional powers that we have given the Cabinet Secretary in this Bill, if we do not curtail them, we would mainly be replacing the word Commissioner of Mines with Cabinet Secretary in the current law. So, I hope Members will bear with us and support the Committees assertion that for purposes of transparency and accountability, we should set up a mineral rights board that would help the Minister review these Bills. Another major issue in this Bill is the fact that, in case of a dispute, we were looking to have an ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I was saying that with the discretional powers that we have given the Cabinet Secretary in this Bill, if we do not curtail them, we would mainly be replacing the word Commissioner of Mines with Cabinet Secretary in the current law. So, I hope Members will bear with us and support the Committees assertion that for purposes of transparency and accountability, we should set up a mineral rights board that would help the Minister review these Bills. Another major issue in this Bill is the fact that, in case of a dispute, we were looking to have an ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: want to have a mineral agreement discussion with Treasury and the Ministry of Mining, if we do not put a cap. So, as a Committee, we intend to propose that, only an investor who brings an investment worth USD500million and above should be allowed to have a mineral agreement, so that small players are not going to have time spent by Parliament reviewing an agreement for something that is not worth the time of this House. We will be proposing that that figure of US$500 million be included Hon. Speaker, the other contentious issue that actually bogged our Committee down ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: want to have a mineral agreement discussion with Treasury and the Ministry of Mining, if we do not put a cap. So, as a Committee, we intend to propose that, only an investor who brings an investment worth USD500million and above should be allowed to have a mineral agreement, so that small players are not going to have time spent by Parliament reviewing an agreement for something that is not worth the time of this House. We will be proposing that that figure of US$500 million be included Hon. Speaker, the other contentious issue that actually bogged our Committee down ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the question of social licences is very important. However, we think that in this sector, as a beginning, we want to move away from social licences being bought with corporate social responsibility. We have included an amendment in this Bill that any investor must have a community development plan. It is not enough for an investor to put up three classrooms in an area without appreciating that without teachers and providing a more sustaining source of training, the rest the school will not necessarily be a school. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the question of social licences is very important. However, we think that in this sector, as a beginning, we want to move away from social licences being bought with corporate social responsibility. We have included an amendment in this Bill that any investor must have a community development plan. It is not enough for an investor to put up three classrooms in an area without appreciating that without teachers and providing a more sustaining source of training, the rest the school will not necessarily be a school. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: So, with investment from Parliament, my Committee has visited northern Tanzania and seen some of the community development activities that are being done that are not CSR which are photo sessions and we need to go beyond that. We need to look at the sustainability of the investments that those investors are ploughing into the community. view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: So, with investment from Parliament, my Committee has visited northern Tanzania and seen some of the community development activities that are being done that are not CSR which are photo sessions and we need to go beyond that. We need to look at the sustainability of the investments that those investors are ploughing into the community. view