Wahome Wamatinga

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• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: ensure that most of the disasters caused by carelessness or mishandling of those explosive or flammable cargo are avoided. Another major cause of fires, especially in the rural settlement, is electrification. We know that we have a shortage of qualified electricians in this county, and whenever wiring is done, we find a lot of short-circuiting. In the process, we end up losing a lot of lives because of things that could be avoided. As we come up with this Bill, it would be important to ensure that we have policies in place to ensure that we maintain standards, which will ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to move that the Local Content Bill (Senate Bills No. 50 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. The Local Content Bill (Senate Bills No.50 of 2023) was published vide the Kenya Gazette Supplement No.224 on 25th November, 2023 and was introduced in the Senate in the way of the First Reading. Further on, the Bill was committed to the Committee of Energy, which I chair. Pursuant to provisions of Article 118 of the Constitution and Standing Order No.145, the Standing Committee on Energy did public participation as required. ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: introduced. The Committee observed that the current wording of Clause 7, particularly Sub-Clause (b)(2), (4) and (5) were problematic. These sub-paragraphs were encroaching on the implementation functions vested in the county governments effectively taking away the county implementation responsibility. Therefore, the committee observed that the Bill lacked a clear funding model for activities in the local content development committee given that the functions of the committee were capital intensive and the absence of specific funding mechanisms and models could hinder the effective execution of its duties. The committee further observed that the original requirements of the local content and development ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: resources, they do benefit in a way of technology transfer, so that, in future, they can be self-sustaining. We know that oil and petroleum mining has become a curse to many African countries. For us, as a country, to avoid this curse that has befallen some of the major oil producers, be it Nigeria, Ghana and the like, we must come up with measures and a framework that ensures that the local community does not only become passive partakers, but are actively involved. This is by ensuring that there is not only technology transfer, but also direct and proportionate benefit ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: It is also important to ensure that the local communities who are the owners of the lands, do not only get the compensation they require, but they get commensurate compensation that will ensure that their livelihood moving on to the future, is assured. This cannot happen unless we put an elaborate mechanism in place that is easy to interpret, adopt and implement. Further on, we also noted that most of the local communities in oil exploration countries live in abject poverty. This is attributable to two factors. One, they are deprived of their means of livelihood and we know most ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: Lokichar, you will see the local communities lined up with jerricans of water, waiting for the water trucks that undertake the water trucking to provide them with water. If that was rightly conceptualized, it could have been that a water pipeline could have been installed. As you are aware, in oil extraction, the extraction companies use these pumps to pump water into the boreholes so that they can displace the oil. As they pump in the water, the oil is pumped out. This could have been at a very small additional cost to provide additional water kiosks so that the ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: standardized approach in all the counties on how the local communities will be assisted to take part in such an investment. As I conclude, it is also very important to note that there is quite a huge potential of the gas. As we seek to move into green energy, it is important to note that most of the households in Kenya use firewood, charcoal and maybe other fossil fuel-based cooking means. This has landed many households to, not only have unsafe and unhygienic cooking methods, but has also been a major cause of respiratory diseases. As has been put forward ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Speaker. Indeed, I took part in this Conference in Accra, Ghana. It was a moment to reflect on several things; most importantly looking at where we have come from, the history, ties and the bondage that we have between the countries that attended. The issues that were raised pointed out several matters that we need as countries, individual Member States and as an organization to look into. It was an eye-opener and it cannot go without being noticed. The efforts that have been put by most of the member States towards achieving gender parity, ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: For instance, like in most international organisations, which lack the political goodwill of some of the big brothers and sisters, they have kept on dodging the success that can be otherwise attained. I also noted that there was a presence of youth and women leadership. It was not lost on us that the role of women in leadership towards ensuring that we get an equitable distribution of resources and most importantly their representation and role in leadership positions was very pronounced. I must say this is a major milestone that must be celebrated by all people who believe in gender ... view
• 24 Jul 2024 in Senate: I am imagining a country that has 13 or 14 counties. That would mean we have regional blocks that make economic sense without the unnecessary duplication of 47 county assemblies, 47 governors and 47 Senators. This would go a long way into ensuring that we get a cohesive Government and country, and most importantly, promote cohesion among the regions. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I said, if you go to Rwanda and ask which ethnic group one belongs to, they will tell you, that belongs to the ancient times. How I wish that we will get a country that is not ... view