Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1331 to 1340 of 3046.

• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that an institution that is formed under another organization is supposed to receive money directly. That is because if - and I have explained - NETFUND is a creation of NEMA--- I have even given the law that gave birth to it. I do not know where hon. Members are getting the assumption that they are supposed to be receiving the money. view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like hon. Members to familiarize themselves with how NETFUND was formed. I would like to ask them to read Part Three Section 24(1) of EMCA. It will tell you that the fund is vested under NEMA itself. That, notwithstanding, it is very important to note that, as the hon. Member is saying that there is a lack of transparency, it may be the reverse that the lack of transparency was from the hon. Member. That is because the Ministry did not spend the money. If the Ministry of Education is given money to transmit ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to help the hon. Members again because I think they are mis-reading the communication – we have the same communication that came from the Solicitor-General which was trying to explain that NETFUND cannot be independent of NEMA. They cannot be independent of NEMA because they do not have a trust deed that is registered. But that was the intention of the law. The intention of the law was to create NETFUND under NEMA, but not an independent NETFUND. So, if you read what the Solicitor-General was giving, he was giving the guidance that you ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I missed the first part of the question. Could the hon. repeat the first part of the question? view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wonder whether the hon. Member means that a PS of one Ministry should make a PS in another Ministry break the law. I have the letter the hon. Member is talking about, in which the PS, Treasury, suggested that kind of thing. The PS, Treasury, did not command or authorise the PS, Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, to do so since he does not have power to authorise a PS from another Ministry to submit money that does not belong to him to an organisation. If the PS, Treasury, had directed, it would have ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just want to thank you for clarifying the matter. Again, hon. Members should familiarise themselves with EMCA, because it is very clear on what should be done. view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: The only thing I would like to clarify on the communication from the PS, Treasury, is that the PS, Treasury, did not authorise the PS, Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, as per what we have heard the hon. Members say. The letter from Treasury says that the Treasury wishes to kindly advise; it arose from a letter which was written by NETFUND. So, NEMA was waiting for returns from NETFUND, but instead of them doing so they wrote to the PS, Treasury. I think the PS, Treasury, was at a loss as to why the money was not going ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is information which is only known to the hon. Member. We do not have that information. He has tabled the information. So, I am getting it for the first time. In view of the fact that the CEO of NETFUND did what she did, it would have been easier for us to hold her responsible for what happened, but what we are saying is that we will look at it and see whether there is anything that the Ministry can do to address the situation. As we speak, they have their money and things are ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) It is true that there are gold occurrences and deposits in Otacho Location in Migori District as indicated by the geological reports of the Mines and Geological Department as well as progress reports of various exploration companies and activities of artisanal miners. There is currently mining of gold by artisanal miners in the area on the side next to Nyarongi Primary School which started about a month ago. (b) No firm is licensed to undertake mining in the Otacho area. However, Migori Mining Company Limited has been licensed to undertake prospecting ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I mentioned earlier through another question, the Ministry is in the process of revising the Mining Bill. We have actually finished the stakeholders’ meeting on that and we are going to bring it here. In the new Minerals and Mining Bill, the Ministry has proposed the creation of a mining fund that is going to be used to assist the artisanal miners. It is true as the hon. Member says, that for many years, our youths have been scrubbing the ground, some have been harvesting gold using very crude methods and they do not get ... view