Jamleck Irungu Kamau

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, looking at the Bill as presented to the Senate, it clearly stipulates the way the Board of Directors will be appointed. It says that the management of the Authority shall vest in a Board of Directors which shall consist of a Chairperson appointed by the President; the Principal Secretary in the Ministry for the time being responsible for Petroleum; the Principal Secretary, the National Treasury; the Director-General appointed under Section 23 of this Act and five other Members appointed by the Cabinet Secretary. So, that will remain. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this amendment seeks to allow for transparency and access of information on negotiations between the Cabinet Secretary and contractors as regards petroleum agreements. The amendment also seeks to require the Cabinet Secretary to also publish the notice on the website of the Ministry in addition to Gazette and in, at least, two newspapers of national circulation. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: We agreed and concurred with the Senate and therefore, we support this amendment. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the effect of the Senate Amendment to this Clause is to remove the need for approval by the Cabinet Secretary when a contractor is engaging an operator. A contractual relationship is only between the contractor and the operator. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: We feel that there is need to retain the requirement for approval by the Cabinet Secretary for purposes of ensuring accountability and compliance with the requirements of the Act by the operator. In other words, if the amendment by the Senate goes through it means that a contractor can engage in any operation in disregard of whether the operator is qualified or not and the Cabinet Secretary can do nothing. Therefore, we rejected this amendment. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this amendment was a little bit interesting because it was very ambiguous. If you may allow me, Clause 49(6) reads as follows:- “A person who conducts a non-exclusive exploration survey without being issued with a non-exclusive exploration permit by the Authority commits an offence and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten million shillings or to a term of imprisonment of not less than ten year or to both.” Since it was not clear from the Senate amendment whether the amendment was to relate to the Kshs10 million or to ... view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the effect of the amendment to Clause 50 is to further espouse provisions on access to information by persons applying to inspect information relating to non-exclusive exploration permits issued by the Authority. We found this to be a necessary and valuable amendment and, therefore, we concurred with the Senate. We support it. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this Senate amendment seeks to enhance the provisions on access to information and public participation by local communities in the process of reviewing and awarding permits to contractors. Indeed, this is very valuable. Therefore, the Committee agreed to support this amendment. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the Senate amendment to Clause 53 seeks to provide that the CS may permit a transfer by a contractor of an interest in a petroleum agreement where the taxes payable with respect to the transaction have been assessed. Further, it creates an offence for a person who contravenes the provisions of this section. Therefore, we found it necessary and the Committee supports this amendment. view
• 9 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, again this is a matter touching on public participation. The Senate amendment seeks to enhance the provisions on public 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