Jones Mwagogo Mlolwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The Government should consider possessing any excess land, especially from national parks, which is not being utilised, to settle our people. You can see a population of over 300 people living in an area of about 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
• 30 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: 11,000 Square Kilometres and the rest has been taken by sisal estates, national parks and hills. We should ensure that there is equity. Fourthly, there is also need to ensure that land which was given out without peoples’ participation reverts back to the people, so that people are involved when their land is being dished out. Finally, there is need to ensure that the land under the sisal estate, especially in Mwatate, where somebody has taken away the airstrip, the rail station and the dam which is used by everybody, is returned to the local people. This will ensure that ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am saying that this amendment is not necessary. I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and nothing like that came up for discussion. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for this opportunity to contribute on this Bill. One, I do not want to repeat what my colleagues have already said but I want to say that we need to regulate this industry properly especially where these minerals are found. The local communities for a long time have not been benefiting from these minerals. I am saying this because I come from a mining area in Taita Taveta where even the roads leading to those mineral areas have never been made. People come, mine and take all the money away and they do not even leave ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Secondly, the Cabinet Secretary has been given a lot of powers in this Bill. We need a suggestion that there should be a mineral regulatory institution which should be able to regulate minerals in the way the business is done, the way the benefits will go to the people and everything else which concerns the minerals so that there will be a win- win situation for everybody. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, another thing is that when you look at how this has been done over the years, the locals have never benefitted from anything. I am looking at my county where we have a lot of natural resources including the wildlife which have never benefitted the locals. I think this is the right time now for us to regulate institutions and how mining is going to be done to ensure that we have everybody benefiting and there is enough money going to these counties. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: We also have this period of mining, of 25 years. I think that is a long period. We might need to bring it down to may be 20 years so that people do not just remain in one place even when there is nothing to mine any more. We need to reduce this period to 20 years so that we have as many people as possible prospecting. The small miners in my 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
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: area have always been called illegal miners because they do not have enough money to purchase big machines. We also want the small miners to be included so that they can also do their business without being inconvenienced and being called illegal miners because they do not have enough money like other investors. I am saying that the communities where these minerals are found must benefit and they must be asked if their land is going to be used as mining areas. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I want to support with those amendments. Thank you so much. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think that amendment is very necessary for us. People who live with this wildlife have been neglected for a long time especially in Taita Taveta County. I think the word “shall” should be incorporated in that and not “may”. view