Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1471 to 1480 of 3046.

• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the current law provides that when a mining site is being abandoned--- There is a law that actually gives the procedure for that. There is an announcement that has to be made and gazetted that the place has been abandoned. The procedure of abandonment of a site is such that rehabilitation must follow in order to ensure that the environment is restored. So, there is a law in place to address this. The enforcement officers are on the ground. In fact, the NEMA is obliged to revisit any issues that touch on areas that have not ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, enforcement of regulations requires that we use the enforcing agency to do it and we shall do it. I also want to undertake that if a former Minister promised to visit Bura and he did not get there, I will reach there so that we can sit down and investigate this matter. I invite the hon. Member so that we ensure that that is done. This is because our regulations are there for enforcement and we have the enforcing agents. The NEMA has been given the authority to prosecute and we shall prosecute. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what the Ministry will do is to follow the regulations. The hon. Member for Bura has information but I have not seen it. If I receive that information I will undertake, although I have I already made an undertaking that I will visit Bura. What I am saying is that we have laws that should be used to solve problems, as the hon. Member is saying. If you have a mining site to which a license has been issued, until we do the abandonment procedure of the site, it remains a mining site. My hope is ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not be able to give the specifics because the details are a bit more than the answer but I will be ready to give more information on what has been rehabilitated. As I said, before any rehabilitation is done, a procedure of abandoning the site is undertaken. So, if for sure these areas have been degazatted or the prospecting licenses have expired, there is a procedure of abandonment and we also have laws that cater for that. So, I cannot give you specific details as to how many quarries have been rehabilitated before I ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the new Constitution will overhaul the law. At the time when the new Constitution was passed, we had a draft Bill on Mining and Minerals which was in line with improvement of the past but the new Constitution has one very important Section which the hon. Member should know. Section 69(1)(a) says that the benefits accrued from the minerals will be shared equitably between the community, the Government, the prospectors and all. That is the main Section that we will overhaul in the new law. We will ensure that everybody benefits. The old law did not ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (a)This country has got potential in mineral resources. Among the minerals that are found in Kenya in significant quantities are soda ash in Lake Magadi, fluospar at Kimwareri in Kerio Valley, and titanium in Kwale, Malindi and Lamu areas. There is also reasonable potential for gold in Kakamega, Vihiga, Migori, Trans Mara, Bondo, Siaya, Pokot, Turkana and Nandi. Coal is found in Mwingi and Mutitu areas, and is a subject of a current investigation by the Ministry of Energy, in conjunction with my Ministry, to establish its viability for exploitation. Iron ore occurs in parts of Taita, Meru, Kitui, Kilifi ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the last table that we have given in the answer is a list of mining leases held by local investors. I think hon. Members can access all this in the document that I have tabled. view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to say that the mining industry has not been neglected. I think the procedure has been very long. One of the things that a country that wants to venture into exploration does is capacity building. Now Kenya has enough geologists to do exploration. This is starting. The other point is that there was need to change the current Act on mining. That is why there has been a review of the Mining and Minerals Bill. The current Draft Bill was done in 2006 but as soon as the mood of changing the ... view
• 19 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a very important question because we have had areas where prospectors have been issued with licences and we have seen conflicts between the communities and the prospectors. As I said earlier on, the best protection for our communities is about to be reflected in the new revision of the Mining and Minerals Act. Currently, the communities do not get the proceeds because by law, it is the property of the Government. However, in the new Constitution, and that is why we are in a hurry to get this Bill through Parliament, once that is done, ... view