Eng Mohammed Maalim Mahamud

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2161 to 2170 of 2205.

• 5 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to request the hon. Member to ask that as a substantive Question. The Question I am answering here deals with prices of crude oil and pump prices in the country and not a drop in the price of fuel in the country. I will answer that Question in due course. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply:- (a) Currently, northern Kenya is divided into 15 exploration blocks for oil and gas as indicated in the Petroleum Exploration Blocks Map of October, 2008, a copy of which I, herewith, table. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Eight blocks situated in North Eastern Province are designated as Nos.1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, LIA and LIB and L3. There are two blocks situated in the northern part of Eastern Province. They are designated as Blocks Nos.9 and 10A. Five blocks are situated in the North Rift and are designated as Nos.11A, 11B, 11BA, 13T and 10BB. (b) There are five concessionaires who have signed Production Sharing Contracts (PSC) with the Government for the said 15 blocks as follows:- Vangold Resources as operators for Blocks No.3A and No.3B; China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) as operator for Block No.9; ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: (c) For environment protection, preservation of livelihoods and resource sharing, the Government has taken steps as follows:- (i) It will ensure that the exploration companies carry out environmental impact assessment (EIA) covering the areas that they are licensed for, before proceeding with the exploration work. October 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2713 That is for environmental protection and in line with the requirements of the Environment Management and Co-ordination Act, 1999. The EIA is supervised by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). (ii) To ensure the preservation of livelihoods of the local communities through the EIA process which is open, consultative ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the points raised by the hon. Member are pertinent. As of today, there is very little information that we have shared with the local Members of Parliament. In the Ministry of Energy, we are now preparing to have a meeting with all MPs from the area so that we can actually go through what we have agreed upon with the companies. Everything should be understood by everybody so that we know what obligations both the contractors and the Government have. Should there be oil discovery, it is up to us, as leaders, to sit down and ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I mentioned earlier, the current exploration agreement is just for exploration. We have not prepared ourselves with regard to what will happen if the oil is discovered. That is why I said that we need to get Members of Parliament and leaders from that area together so that we can come up with a programme which we will put in place should oil be discovered. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, currently, the environment assessment that has been done is to ensure that when they are drilling, they do not spoil the environment. We are sure that ... view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, honestly, nothing has been put in place now. However, it is now time that we, as leaders, put our heads together and see what we can do. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I must say that we are actually making progress. There are a lot investigations that have not been done. For example, with regard to the results for exploration Block 3B, the national seismic survey they are doing today indicates that we are going to discover oil. In fact, in Block 9 and Block 10B, by the first quarter of next year, we might have the first well drilled. So, there is a lot of optimism that we will discover oil. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said before, we have discovered that shortcoming. In fact, where there is oil exploration, even Members of Parliament may not be aware of what is going on. We will get together, as far as the exploration for coal and gas in Kitui and Mwingi districts respectively is concerned, so that we can work as a team. view
• 15 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I take the advice from the hon. Member with a lot of enthusiasm. We will come up with policies that will be all-inclusive. We will have to work together and participate in coming up with those policies. October 15, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2715 view