Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1341 to 1350 of 3046.

• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are starting to do that. In fact, as we roll out the new law, we are going to have capacity building sessions. We are going to have District Mining Officers or geologists in the districts. This information is going to move very fast because as you are aware, mining is going to be one of the main things that is going to drive the economy of this country towards Vision 2030. Already areas that have been identified are being marked by our Geological and Surveys Department so that we are able to give more accurate ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the current law is very silent on benefits. That is one of the areas that we have enriched in the new law. In the new law, we want to obey the Constitution. The Constitution clearly states that land belongs to Kenyans and the minerals belong to Kenyans. Kenyans are going to have benefits. In the new law, we have taken care of the fact that we must have benefits. What this House is going to be faced with is deciding how much is going to be given to the local community or the land owner. We ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not understand what was out of order. This is because the information we are giving is the chronology of what really happened. We are giving this information so that the hon. Member can have added information on that. When the hon. Member talks of collusion to deprive the people of Migori, it cannot be true because there is nothing that the law had apportioned to the people of Migori that they did not give. In part “c” of the answer, in fact, I did mention that the company would have done it out of ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has not been published. view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a very genuine concern. This is because you will find that quite a number of prospectors have actually stayed on and on, and keep saying that they are not discovering anything and they still want to explore. In the hope that we think they will discover something, we extend. Normally, we give them straight years for exploration. We give them a huge area of 100 square kilometres. Normally, they are supposed to start releasing the area slowly by slowly; by half in the first year and another half in the second, so that we ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a very nice proposal and I wish we could do something immediately. Unfortunately, we are not funded to fund, but there are other funds that I would like to encourage Members in this House to explore. It is not the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) really, but we have the Youth Fund. The Youth Fund is a very nice opening and our youth can be encouraged to use it. They will get a grant of Kshs50,000 and when they return it, they get another grant of 100,000 and up to Kshs200,000. I think we can ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the hon. Member, although we did not do an exercise in futility. I was with him and we were able to close all the illegal mining areas. On the period for this Bill, the Members who attended the stakeholders’ meeting are aware that we did it about a month ago. We collected views and we have reached that stage. I think the challenge at the moment for any Bill coming from the Government is the timetable for the Constitutional Bills. This is because even in the Ministry we have a Constitutional Bill ... view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since it is ready and we are just panel beating it, and considering that we all know that the backlog of the Constitutional issues will end by 28th August, I can say that within September, we can bring that Bill. view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that arising from the finished product, we agreed that the Committee concerned visits Migori. As a Ministry, we will also visit Migori. I think it is after doing the report that we will be able to confirm that. An allegation was made that the product was from Migori, but we would like to ascertain that. We will do that. view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can say that we will go to Migori next week. I would like to go with Members of Parliament. view