Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1441 to 1450 of 3046.

• 3 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is true. We need to equip the department and support exploration. As I mentioned earlier, it is because of financial limitations that surveys that are done by the Ministry are only preliminary baseline surveys. It is very important that our budget for the next financial year is enhanced. If you do not know the amount of minerals you have as an explorer or the company that is doing exploration knows more than you, then we are in danger of losing. We might not be able to quantify and get the right benefits for the community. That ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to support this Motion and express my sympathies with Kenyans who are suffering today. I come from a food zone and we have no stores for our food. It is very sad! I would like to support what the Minister has said. It is time the Armed Forces were mobilized to do what they must do. view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: It has always been known that Kenya is 20 per cent productive and 80 per cent arid and semi-arid. The question has always been: Why are we rushing at the very last minute when we should have been planning? I would like to support those who have said that we must plan. We must plan with food security in mind because there is need for us to take care of the whole chain from the producers to the consumers. I only came from Eldoret three days ago and as I leftt, there was one kilometre of vehicles trying to queue ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: There is also something that is bothering the farmers. They have started to feel dissatisfied. If you watched Citizen TV yesterday, farmers are changing from producing food crops to other crops. In my own constituency, one third of the farms that were under maize have been converted to passion fruit, which is being sold in Uganda. That is because our marketing is still very bad. Also, in the Citizen TV, there was a crop called Artemisia which is taking over the maize zone and if we do not watch out, we are going to lose our farming area to export ... view
• 19 Jan 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when the Budget was read in June 2010, some of us raised the issue of behaving like Malawi and we insisted that this country must have one single agenda. The first agenda was to feed our people. But it is very sad that every year when the drought comes, we are still worrying about the population that cannot exist. It is a population that we know what it requires and yet, it cannot receive food. I am glad that the Minister of State for Special Programmes has raised an issue that seems to have been ignored for ... view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I rise to support the Motion. view
• 22 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: I am supporting the Motion, conscious of the fact that we must deal with impunity in the country. I am supporting the Motion, conscious that we must put an end to what happened between 2007 and 2008. I am supporting the Motion, knowing that there are a few things that must be done. The Minister of State for Special Programs has promised that there will be no Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in December. We also have a Select Committee of this House that will deal with the IDP issue, which is our area of concern. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that the Thika District officials authorized the operations of Kings Rock Works Limited. What I know is that my Ministry issued an Environmental Impact Assessment Licence No.0007374 to Kings Rock Works Limited on 11th November, 2010 to undertake open cast quarry activities. Prior to that, the quarry was operated without full knowledge of my Ministry and officers in the Ministry were not involved at all. (b) Regarding the issue of agricultural produce loss associated with the mining, I wish to clarify that my Ministry was not previously ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that our officials were not involved. This is because the only licence that we give in the Ministry is the EIA licence. It is given upon application and recommendation from the county council. However, a county council can issue a quarry licence and that is not within the docket of the Ministry. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government authorizes quarrying. However, we give EIA licences. We gave that licence upon application on 11th November, 2010. However, prior to that, it was not in the knowledge of the ... view
• 1 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the Ministry receives any report that an industry is within an area which is prohibited by law, obviously, that is closed down. There have been a lot of closures of even quarries. Even last week, we had quarries in Kitui closed down by the District Environmental Officer. So, that takes place immediately it is known. But it is also true that before any industry is set up, it is very important that Kenyans get to know that it is their right to know if an EIA has been issued. It is the right of every ... view