Joyce Wanjalah Lay

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, aware that Kiswahili is the national as well as official language of the Republic as enshrined in the Constitution; further aware that equality and freedom from discrimination and access to information are fundamental rights; cognizant of the fact that democracy and public participation of the people is a national value and principle of governance as per Article 10 of the Constitution; deeply concerned that a section of Kenyans have a low level of knowledge of their legal rights and laws passed by this House as a result ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. Just as other Members of Parliament have expressed their reservations on this Bill, I also do the same because a lot of power has been given to the Cabinet Secretary. Because most of the points have been raised, I will just pick on a few. 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: If you look at Clause 13 of the Bill, you will find that it empowers the Cabinet Secretary by a gazette notice to declare areas reserved for small-scale mining. Clause 14 also empowers the Cabinet Secretary, by gazette notice, to declare any area of land to be an area for applications by tender for large-scale operations. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, if we leave it this way we will get a Cabinet Secretary who will be very good and later on, we get someone who is very ruthless to the community. You will find that most of the time they will be sitting in the offices striking deals with the investors without involving other people. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: On strategic minerals, Clause 16 states that the Cabinet Secretary charged with mining will advise and seek approval of the Cabinet to declare certain minerals or mineral deposits to be strategic minerals for socio-economic development and national security purposes. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: We have to make sure that our people are also part and parcel of this Bill. This is especially in the community and areas that minerals are found. I am specifically touching on places like Taita Taveta County where we have different minerals which are industrial. It is ideal that we involve county governments on this Bill so that we can have public participation. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Clause 40(1)(c) of the Bill talks about the conditions that touch on mineral rights. However, it vaguely talks about community development. This should be backed by emphasis on public participation as enshrined in Article 10 of the Constitution before any decision is made. view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, touching on royalties because that is where the interest of the people is, I think it is ideal that we capture it on the Bill. As my colleague said, we should put it at 30 per cent. I know that there will be some reservations on this but it is high time we made sure that royalties also go to the people where these minerals are found. We know that minerals are under the national Government but our people also need to be enlightened or given some education on this. This is because sometimes they start fighting amongst ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Bill also touches on employment and training of Kenyans. This is covered under Clauses 44 and 45 of the Bill. Clause 45 of the Bill talks about preference in employment by holders of mineral right. Since these minerals are found in communities, it will only be fair to give priorities to members of the marginalized communities and the rest of the Kenyan citizenry in that order. Like I said I know it will be controversial and will be termed discriminatory. However, Article 56(b)(c) of the Constitution expressly provides that the State shall put in place affirmative action ... view
• 5 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: There is something else that I wanted to touch on especially on revocation of licences or mining rights. One of the reasons that a licence should be revoked should be 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