Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as lead is concerned, that was banned on 31st December, 2005. Currently, the vehicle inspection unit is going round testing the standards of the fuel that is coming into the country. It is banned. So it is not re-banning but we need to be more vigorous in the way we do the testing. That is going on right now. As I mentioned, there are 17 stations that are involved in that and we even have mobile ones. But more than that, we have the Motor Vehicle Inspection Unit (MVIU) which is inspecting even those ... view
• 14 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to agree with the hon. Member that the refinery has a special role in the standards of the fuel that goes through it but I want to also assure the Member that, that is going on. In fact, the sensitization that is going on is both with the industry sector and the public on the use of these raw sulphur products. As we are talking currently, the refinery in Mombasa is actually overhauling and we expect very low sulphur to be produced. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Kenya is party to the Brussels Convention. This is an international convention on the control of the trans-boundary movement of hazardous wastes and their disposal, which was domesticated through gazettement of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act, also known as the Waste Management Regulation, 2006. Mr. Speaker, Sir, E-waste is an emerging environmental concern considered as hazardous due to harmful effects of the contents of electrical and electronic equipment. The Waste Management Regulations, 2006 apply to various hazardous substances and my Ministry further collaborated with other stakeholders and has developed an E-Waste ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of dumping, dumping is mainly as a result of donations that we receive from the West, which our institutions have been receiving continuously since the dawn of the era of computers. Currently, there is only one NGO in Kenya called Computers for Schools Programme that takes in all computers to refurbish them for use in schools. The obsolete components, however, are re-exported back. There are several European countries that accept obsolete components. In particular, components are re-exported to Belgium, Norway, Netherlands and China, where they recover some of the metals for their own use. ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the development process of the guidelines has involved both the Kenya Revenue Authority and the Kenya Bureau of Standard, among others, for purposes of excise duty, which was introduced earlier. It is also expected that the situation will greatly improve when other countries in the region adopt the same environmental standards to cut infiltration from other countries, specifically the East African Community, where there is going to be free movement of goods, apart from free movement of people. (c) I have a write-up which I will table; a report by the UN on the recycling of E- ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have not reached a stage where we expect the consumers to be given incentives. Those incentives will come during the collection, most likely in the first stage. Centres will be set up and they will belong to the manufacturers or providers of these services. In the guidelines that we have, the only incentive that they will give will be as a result of them returning the goods. The incentive is not given upon the sale of the new items. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, may I assure the hon. Member that the guidelines that we have currently will be effected. Of course, they will have to come to this House for processing as soon as possible. Once these guidelines are in place, the collection centres will be set up. We know that there are people who have these gadgets in their houses and they are a problem. We advise Kenyans not to destroy these gadgets on their own because they contain hazardous elements or toxic materials. The collection centres of these gadgets will be set up as soon as possible. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I mentioned, the regulations were only finalized in 2006 and the effective date of implementation is yet to be set up. We will actually post an advertisement. I said in my answer to the last question that once this is done, we will do a lot of publicity. Kenyans will know where to take their old electronic gadgets. It is important for Kenyans to know that this will come. We will have centres for collection of their old television sets, radios, telephones and other electronic gadgets so that they do not destroy them. The danger we ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that the documentation has not been done properly. During the study carried out in 2008, even as documentation was being done under a project pioneered by the UNEP, it was not possible to classify Kenya among the Category B where recycling can be done. The truth is that we still have many gadgets in our houses. The setting up of the centres is going on and it is only the schools computerization programme that has a centre although we do not have the data. Very soon, we will set up those centres which will ... view
• 1 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. As I support it, I would like to thank the hon. Member who proposed the amendment to read 28th September, 2010. For those of us who are involved in the CPA Executive Committee, we would not have had any break because we will come back next week to continue up to 19th September, 2010. So, I support the fact that we need the extended break. I am glad that, that was endorsed. It is also my hope that the other Members of the House will ... view