Ramadhan Seif Kajembe

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 61 to 70 of 516.

• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I totally agree with the suggestion of the hon. Member. However, the truth of the matter is that our people who want to do business in this industry do not have enough capital. Some investors who have tried their hand in this business have closed down because it is a very expensive venture. Processing of these stones requires a huge investment. I believe our people want to do this business, but they lack funds. view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not want to talk about China, or any other country. I would be very much interested to see that the Kenyan people do this business. If you compare our products with those that are imported from outside, ours are very viable products. I still call upon foreign and local investors to venture into this business. view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have experts on the ground. They have been going round the country. They have been educating locals who are interested in this business on how to exploit these resources. However, as I said, to do this business, one must buy specialized gear and equipment which are very expensive. We, as a Ministry, cannot go into this business physically. Ours is to teach our people to produce and compete with the imported products. view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my experts are on the ground advising these people what to do and how to make money out of it. However, the mining gear and equipment are very expensive. view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, it is true that these people use jembes, pangas and their bare hands to mine this resource because they are unable to buy equipment. view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, mining of these products is done in western part of this country. My Ministry is educating local people on how they can mine and make money out of this business. We want them to mine on a large scale so that they benefit from that resource. Currently, they are earning their living from this business although on a small scale. view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Mungatana’s proposals are very good. However, we are trying all that we can to empower the local people to mine and view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I talked of EMCA of 1999 but it is my Ministry which originates legislation; I have accepted that with the views that I now gather from hon. Members, I am going to take action. view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, the Ministry gives incentives to these people; the incentives I am talking about are that at times my officers go and address them. At times, they even give them jembes and pangas which are not very useful. I agree with the hon. Members but my Ministry will consider going the way the hon. Members are proposing. view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very important question. My Ministry will very soon bring to this House a Mining Bill which we have already completed discussing with stakeholders. It is very clear in this Bill that the local community where mining is done will retain a certain percentage of the benefits. The county will get a certain percentage and the central Government will get its share. We are talking of that and I want to assure this House that the Bill is very attractive and we will table it very soon in this House. view