Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Chairperson. Due to technical issues, I am requesting that maybe---. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, first, I would like to welcome you back. Secondly, I congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Zani for this thoughtful and brilliant Bill. This is a straightforward Bill and she has tried to explain in detail what this Bill is all about. Essentially, this Bill seeks to ensure that conflicts we witness in the country across many communities do not occur. The recent one was about oil in Turkana where people blocked trucks transporting oil to Mombasa saying that they were not part of the negotiations. They were saying that money should be sent to them through Mpesa. That was ... view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: I will talk about a few clauses so that I allow other colleagues time to speak to this Bill. Clause 5(1) has elaborated the functions of the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA). Clause 5(1)(a) states that the Commission shall;- ‘Co-ordinate the preparation of benefit sharing agreements between an affected county and an affected entity;’ In the Mining Act, there is an aspect of Community Development Agreement (CDA) which has not been fully exploited. This CDA is restrictive because when you have a mining permit, the law does not obligate you to sign a CDA but when you have a mining ... view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: neutral person draft this agreement. The other day, we said that the counties are only generating 13 to 14 per cent of own source revenue. Own source revenue is critical because most counties have failed to meet their targets. There is a Petition that I brought to this House, and I want to use it as an example. The Petition was on the Karebe Gold Mine in Chemelil-Chemase, where Nandi Sub- county borders Kisumu. Madam Temporary Speaker, I know that you are aware of that area because of the many connections that you have there. In the agreement, the owner ... view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: It is important that we have an independent person or a neutral person to assist in the formation of these committees. When you look at the CDA, the investors and the county governments have more say than the local population yet Section 53 of the County Government Act has provided a way of establishing a village council. I hope that the Mover of the Bill, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, will look into this for us to integrate it with Section 53 of the County Government Act on the formation of village councils. We can then have representatives from the village council ... view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Clause 10 states that- “Each county shall have a natural resources to which this Act applies shall establish a County Benefit Sharing Committee. (2) A County Benefit Sharing Committee shall consist of – (a) the county executive committee member responsible for finance; (b) the chairperson of the Committee of the respective county assembly responsible for matters relating to natural resources; and, (c) five persons elected by the local community where the resource is found representing the diversity of the local community.” Madam Temporary Speaker, I suggest that we amend Section 53 of the County Government Act so ... view