Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 12 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a Ministerial Statement which was requested by hon. Kabogo on an incident where four members of a family were buried alive. I am ready to deliver it although I do not see the Member in the House. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) According to studies carried out in April, 2009 by a consulting company for Wanjala Mining Company which is licensed to carry out exploration work in Kishushe area, the amount of iron ore in the area was estimated to be approximately 4.4 million metric tonnes. The Wanjala Mining Company recently carried out additional airborne surveys and has engaged another consulting company with a view to determining whether more iron ore deposits may be found in the area. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (b) The Government is encouraging investors to undertake mineral value addition including the establishment of iron and steel industry in the private sector initiatives. In order to effectively carry out value addition on iron ore, there is need to undertake feasibility studies to determine the amount of ore which is available in the country because investment in iron and steel industry is capital intensive and there is need to enhance the confidence levels and lower the risk of investors in providing adequate information on the deposits of the iron ore resources. This is being undertaken currently through sensitization and issuance ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, currently, there is an ongoing iron ore exploration exercise by our Ministry through the Mines and Geological Department in Tharaka and Mariene areas of Meru County and more work will soon be initiated in the wider Taita Taveta area. At least, one company by the name Wanjala Mining Company has registered mining locations over a small portion of the area which they have been exploring for a few years and they are now legally mining iron ore in Kishushe area. Exports of iron ore are also being regulated by Government currently and no long-term export contracts are ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: (c) I wish to report that there exists an Act of Parliament titled “The Gold Mines Development Loans Ordinance, Cap.311 of the Laws of Kenya of 1952”. The Act was established for purposes of granting interest-free loans for underground gold mine development to the owners of such mines using funds voted by Parliament. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Currently, the Act is moribund but it is being reviewed to not only rejuvenate it but also to address funding of all other minerals including iron ore which I am addressing right now. At that time, it was gold that attracted the creation of the law but we are reviewing it alongside all our laws which I mentioned while answering an earlier Question that we are at the stage where we are reviewing all the laws and aligning them to the new Constitution. This is one of them. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, mining is a very high capital investment sector and such a fund will go a long way in providing a revolving fund for the mineral sector. view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, close to 50 years down the line we are still trying to finish the exploration of our minerals mainly because, as I said, first, it is high capital intensive and covering the whole country will take a while but it is going on. I am happy to report that we already have a geological map but we are going into further exploration especially on the issue of quantification. We have a number of companies which are already prospecting the iron ore sector. We have about ten companies in various places. We have two companies in Tharaka, four ... view
• 6 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are looking for partners or investors in this sector. The easier way with investors when they cannot trust the amount, they prefer to mine and export the raw materials. In my earlier answer, I said that we are encouraging investors to go into the steel and iron industry because we think we have enough deposits so far. That information is being relayed to the companies that have interest. It was out that that this mining company has been approached by a steel industry in this country to supply them 10,000 metric tonnes per year. So, we ... view