Eng Mohammed Maalim Mahamud

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2171 to 2180 of 2205.

• 14 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I concur with the hon. Member that the international price of crude oil stood at US$146 per barrel in mid-July, 2008, up from US$92.25 in January, 2008. However, the crude oil price has fallen to US$73.26 per barrel as at 10th October, 2008 following increase in supply. The low price ought to be reflected in the local market as well. I agree with him. The pump prices started reducing from 1st October, 2008, with NOCK leading the way by announcing a drop of about Kshs8 across all its service stations. This ... view
• 14 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, through the tender system that we buy crude oil, the stock we have today, is the one that was bought in July. We are now trying to source for fuel for December. This means that we are always three months behind when we are buying our stock. It does not mean that when the price changes today, to US$53 per barrel, we can change our pump prices immediately. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the stock that we have in the market today was brought in July. We will open a tender next week, which means that we ... view
• 6 Aug 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are talking about conflict in pastoral areas. This is something that has been there and it is escalating. If the House is accusing part of this Government of not doing anything, we are sitting on a time bomb. We can see a situation where a civil war between these communities will occur. There have been accusations of use of firearms and cattle rustling by different communities. I come from a region where insecurity has reduced by more than 70 per cent because the Government, the local community and the international donor community came together and ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that Nyatike Division in Nyatike Constituency has any potential for producing oil. (b) There is no research that has been carried out in Nyatike to establish any oil potential in the constituency and, therefore, I am unable to state whether or not there are any deposits and the associated economic value. (c) However, Nyatike Division, which is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, borders a block called Block 12B, which is one of the geological basins identified for oil exploration purposes, namely the Tertiary Rift Basin, being ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, we have sent out our staff from the Ministry. We have not even allocated Block 12B to any oil exploration company. When that is done, we will ask them to extend exploration to Nyatike Division. view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are four geological basins covering an area of about 40,000 square kilometres in the whole country, which we identified for oil exploration purposes. These are Lamu, Hansa, Mandera and Tertiary Rift. These have been divided further into 38 blocks, 14 of which have been allocated and 24 are yet to be allocated. view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have mentioned that for Block 12B we are creating data in the Ministry. We have not yet allocated it to any contractor. We are going by some priority; so far Block 12B has not been in that priority list. When the time comes, we will deal with it. view
• 22 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that there are numerous cases of cancer in Kargi area of Laisamis District where there was oil exploration in the late 1980s. I do, however, take this opportunity to express my sympathies to the people of Laisamis for the unfortunate occurrence of cancer cases in Kargi area, if any, at all. My Ministry finds it difficult to establish the link between oil exploration and the occurrence of the stated numerous cancer cases in Kargi area of Laisamis District. I am saying so because our own geological experts are ... view
• 22 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that oil exploration falls within our docket, but we have not, so far, discovered or connected oil July 22, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1953 exploration to any cancer causing substance. The particular wells were drilled in the 1980s in the Laisamis area. They are as follows: Well No.1 was drilled by Amco Kenya Petroleum Company in Chalbi Desert between January, 1979 to 1988. It had reached a total depth of 8,652 feet. It encountered commercial hydrocarbons. After the necessary testing and evaluation, the well was plugged with cement and abandoned as a dry well. The ... view
• 22 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, I was giving supplementary information because of the questions raised by other hon. Members. However, I will continue with the answer. (b) If there is any connection between oil exploration and the cancer cases in Kargi, it requires more investigations on our part and the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. So far, we have not identified any connection between oil exploration and the cancer cases. (c) My Ministry has always monitored the operations of oil exploration companies to ensure that they undertake their activities within the requirements of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act ... view