Jamleck Irungu Kamau

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Energy Bill. The Mover has clearly said the intent and purpose of the Bill. I would just deal with a few issues, specifically those that may be of concern to Members. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: We sat as a Committee and went through the entire Bill. We also sat with the stakeholders and all the people concerned with this particular Bill. The way the Bill is drafted has some challenges and perhaps Members should pay attention or listen and finally, if possible, get a copy of our Report, so that as we conclude this debate, we can be well informed as the Committee on where to make amendments, which will be brought before the House at the end of the day. view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: If you look at Clause 4(2) that talks about the National Energy Policy, stakeholders were quite unhappy with it. If I may read it, it provides that within three months after the end of each financial year, the Cabinet Secretary shall prepare and publish a report on the implementation of the National Energy Policy. They wanted a clear message saying that we add policy outlining progress on specific areas and parameters. That was well taken care of given that we sat with officials from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and came up with an agreement basically on how we ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Clause 5(4) is important and it deals specifically with the integrated national energy plan. It provides that the Cabinet Secretary shall consolidate the plans contemplated in sub-section (2) and (3) into an integrated national energy plan which shall be reviewed regularly. The stakeholders were of the view that we need to define what “regularly” means because it may mean two or three or even five years. So, they proposed that it should be, at least, once in every three years. When we took this to the Ministry, they were in agreement with that proposal from the stakeholders. Therefore, if Members ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: In regard to Clause 8(1), the Cabinet Secretary shall develop a conducive environment for the promotion of investments in energy infrastructure, including formulation of guidelines in 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
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: collaboration with relevant county agencies on development of energy projects and to disseminate them among potential investors. They wanted this changed to read that “the Cabinet Secretary shall develop a conducive environment for promotion of all these investments without necessarily going to the projects and dissemination among the potential investors.” view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: These were some of the issues the Ministry specifically had and they were clear about the proposed Clause 8(2) as there are adequate provisions in Part VIII of the Bill regarding rights of way, way leaves and use of land for energy resources and infrastructure. The Members will go through it as well and see in which way we can work on it. There are quite a number of them. I will look at the most relevant ones because I may not be able to go through the entire document. There is a specific one that talks about the powers ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: There is an issue on the Board of the Authority in Clause 12.The management of the Authority shall vest in the board of directors consisting of five members not being public officers. The private sector wanted representation there. They were clear that they wanted most representatives in the Board to be from the private sector in Kenya. Again, this is an issue that the Members need to interrogate properly because they must agree and give us some insight on the amendments we can bring. There is the Energy and Petroleum Institute that is covered from Clause 53. Clause 57(d) says ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: “The Cabinet Secretary shall prepare a renewable energy resources inventory and resource map in respect of each renewable energy area and thereafter prepare updates biennially”. The stakeholders were in agreement with this clause, but they were not comfortable with the updates being biannual. However, after many deliberations, the Ministry agreed to adopt the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) amendments, which will come before the House. I hope the Members will be in agreement with that. The others were well covered by the Mover of the Bill. I will touch on just two issues that were of concern to the stakeholders. ... view
• 8 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: That is to say that if somebody in your house decides to interfere with the supply line, then the licensee will not be liable to incur these expenses. That is to say that, eventually, a consumer will have to make sure that the people who are doing the wiring are people who have proper knowledge of what they do. Sub-clause (4) provides that the Cabinet Secretary shall, upon recommendation by the Authority, make regulation to give effect to the provisions of this section. I do not want to go through the offences, which are quite a number. Unfortunately, they had ... view