Amina Abdalla

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: On Clause 37, it seems like the Senate was confusing the issue of prospecting with reconnaissance. For the benefit of the House, reconnaissance is when somebody decides to walk around an area, but does not do anything intrusive. It can even be a geophysical survey. However, when it is prospecting, it can go to an intrusive activity like drilling a well on your land. The Senate had thought that they should not require consent. Prospecting is very intrusive and it requires consent as opposed to reconnaissance. This is something that Members should The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: note. Players in the sector confuse, in their lobbying, that requiring people to have consent for reconnaissance and prospecting would chase away investors. The truth of the matter is that there is nowhere in the world that you can do prospecting on anyone’s land without some form of consent. So, when lobbyists tell you that you are chasing away investors, you should know that it is not true. You can only do that if you have made those conditions necessary for reconnaissance survey, which is a non-intrusive process. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we also agreed on Clause 40, which refers to the fact that the Senate had over-legislated by stating specific clauses regarding compulsory acquisition. We agreed that we revert to the National Assembly version that was referring generally to clauses relating to compulsory acquisition. This is because, it can be in different Acts and they can change in name and clauses. Therefore, referring to a specific clause would be too narrow. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We also agreed on Clause 49 with the Senate. We, as a House, had thought that you need four years for an internationally owned company to take their shares to the stock exchange so that local content in form of local ownership can be achieved through the stock exchange. The Senate was of the view that four years was long. So, we agreed with their recommendation of three years. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: On Clause 51, we agreed that for the Cabinet Secretary (CS) to revert back on a decision to a signed mortgage or trade a mineral right he only needs 30 days .We agreed that there was no need to have regulation on eligibility for mineral rights to be mortgaged because they must be the same as those of getting a licence. There is no way somebody who does not qualify to hold a licence can qualify to buy a license. So, we believe that Clause 11 would serve the purpose that the Senate wanted to deal with. Hon. Members, this ... view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, secondly, the national Government, through the Mining Act, has decided to form a national cooperation which would be participating in mining and would need these equipment. So, the first right of refusal should be given to the national Government. This is very important because we tend to be faced with these recommendations from the Senate about giving things to counties and yet the Constitution is very clear on ownership. So, those are the mediated versions. I would like to take this opportunity to thank your office and colleagues in the Senate who seem to always come up with ... view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I beg to move and request Hon. Marcus Muluvi to second. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I can only reply with your permission. view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I had already thanked your office and everybody involved in this process. However, I want to put it on record that a lot of time people downplay when this House sends Members for benchmarking, but in the case of the Mining Bill, the benchmarking to the University of Western Australia enabled the Members who attended to improve the quality of the Bill. We were able to balance out what the lobbyists were giving us for the purposes of assisting their businesses and what the case should be. So, I want to note that when well planned, benchmarking missions ... view
• 10 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I just wanted to reply to myself because I had said that you helped us in the process. I also want it recorded that the benchmarking trip helped the process this Bill has gone through. I would like to thank the few Members who have commented on this Report. We have put a firm foundation for a prosperous mining sector in this country. view