Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1001 to 1010 of 1925.

• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, for this opportunity to contribute on a very important Bill. This Bill on the Natural Resource Benefits Sharing Bill of 2018 has come at a very critical period. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: I will go straight into the contents of this Bill. Clause 3 has enumerated a number of items or areas that these benefits sharing of resources will be affected. A cross range of them is sunlight, water resources, forest, biodiversity and generic resources, wildlife resources, industrial fishing and wind. I am sorry to say that one area that has been omitted out of this Bill, is the mining resources. You cannot be talking of benefits sharing of resources at the local level without including the varieties of minerals that we have in our country. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: For instance, I have in mind the Tabaka soapstone which was in existence since 1885. All I saw as I grew up - I was not even born in that year – but when I came to this world, I have seen that stone exploited left, right and centre and exported to European and many other countries of the world. Within Kenya, exploiters and entrepreneurs – or whatever you call them – have come in and carted away huge stones for their own personal use and benefit. The local community, though they are in a circle, they have not benefited ... view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: The second point is that there is no value addition to some of the minerals and materials that are carted away. Therefore, it is critical that we should create safe and green technologies that will help us to exploit and add value to the existing natural resources that are available in any given county. That way, will be able to maximize on the benefits that will eventually accrue at the national, county and community level. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: We have had several – for instance, the Maasai Mara National Reserve which is a very rich resource. I think one way of doing timely resource collection from the tourists and other people who visit the Maasai Mara National Reserve would be to collect that view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: money in a much more efficient manner. That is why I am persuaded by this approach that the Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA) will be able to collect that money. However, that money must be transparently collected. This is because there have been occasions when there have been collusions with these other entities where money just disappears to pockets of individuals without the local community even benefiting. You are then told that the money that was collected went to expenses. That is why it is very critical that when it comes to the question of finances, we should have more ... view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I have already given a quiet notice to the Mover, Sen. (Dr.) Zani, that we will have to amend Clause 3 of this Bill to include the minerals that are exploited without due regard to the interests of the community. Many people are dying in the Macalder Mines and the Kakamega gold mines and people are not getting the benefits even within the local communities. All they see is that their land is distorted and mutilated and there is nothing that they get out of it. They can neither plant nor do anything on that piece of ... view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: I like this element in Clause 4 but it must be transparent and inclusive. Even when we talk of the handshake, we are saying that it is transparent and inclusive. Similarly, anything of this nature must be transparent and inclusive. I say so because the king of ugly scenes that we saw in Turkana County on the oil business becomes very oily in itself where you see the placating of vehicles that they cannot move the resource. This was simply because the local communities had not been brought on board. They had just been given a verbal assurance that this ... view