From: Judy Miriga
Folks,
The law must be fairly followed by all equally.
1) It is just fair for stakeholders to be involved in matters of land from county level discussion, and not in isolation, where matters of sale of land, or when investors are engaged to develop the land, all stakeholders must be represented fully, they must be informed and their voices must be heard.
2) KenGen deal is not legal or constitutional, we DEMAND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE of its deals and how award was granted and whether stakeholders were involved in the preparation of the deals. We want to know if the deal was according to the Reform Accord Agenda.
3) Turkana MP leaders are doing the right thing to DEMAND Disclosure of Oil Deals, it is their constitutional right and this is the way to go
4) Uganda’s invasion to Migingo should be explained by both the two Principals {Kibaki and Raila}. It is proper and just for them to let Kenyans and the whole world know, if they have failed in protecting lives and whether both provided sufficient security to Kenyans at Migingo and why the harassment from Museveni. This situation of Museveni invading Migingo must not be taken lightly, it is a sign of failure of the Coalition Government to protect and provide security to its people from outside invasion. This behavior from the two Principles is not according to their sworn agreement that they swore to uphold.
5) We equally hereby demand disclosure of deals over African Queen Mines in Odundu before investors can claim ownership. Mobilization of the same is illegal and unconstitutional as the deal is believed to have been made illegally and unconstitutional. It is therefore Kibaki and Raila must come clean and explain this matter to public urgently.
Leaders in public Office must begin to declare source of their wealth as part of the threshold.
Our Constitutional freedom and Rights shall not be taken away from us, not again. It is the people who must determine how they wish to be governed. It is our right to question and demand for answers. Political leaders must comply or they are out.
We are the boses, we hire and fire political leaders, that shall be and it shall be seen to happen.
Thank you all.
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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Committee sidelined us, experts
By Mutinda Mwanzia
Land experts have hit out at a parliamentary committee for allegedly excluding key stakeholders from a consultative retreat to refine three critical Land Bills.
They said key players involved in land reforms from the private sector and civil society had not been invited to the meeting in Mombasa organised by the Parliamentary Committee on Land and Natural Resources.
“Members of the Institute of Surveyors of Kenya, Kenya Institute of Planners, Private Sector Alliance, Architectural Association of Kenya and environmental experts have been ignored by the committee,” said the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI) Chairman Ibrahim Mwathane.
The Parliamentary Committee on Land and Natural Resources that is chaired by Gachoka MP Mutava Musyimi is to synthesise stakeholders’ views and re-draft the three proposed laws that are expected to cure long-running land problems.
The National Land Commission Bill, Land Bill and the Land Registration Bill are to be tabled in Parliament by April 17.
Mwathane said on Wednesday that one of their major concerns was that the Bills would create a weak National Lands Commission and preserve the Lands Ministry largely as it is at the moment.
“We believe that this was intentional since the ministry originated the draft bills yet it is the subject of institutional reforms,” said he at a news conference in Nairobi.
clear separation
But Musyimi who spoke to The Standard from Mombasa defended his committee, saying it will ensure that all the views expressed by stakeholders are included in the Bills.
“We have not sidelined anyone and any concerns raised by experts and other stakeholders will be taken into consideration as long as they do not go against the spirit and letter of the Constitution,” Musyimi said.
He said that the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution, led by its chairman Charles Nyachae, was also involved in the fine-tuning of the Bills.
LDGI Executive Director Mwenda Makathimo said the Bills must ensure that there is a clear separation between the Lands Ministry, the National Land Commission, county land management boards and community land boards.
He said the Bills must also ensure adequate security of tenure of private, community and public land and provide an enabling climate for investment on land.
Kenya’s KenGen seals final deal for geothermal plants
Reuters –
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s main power producer, KenGen, signed on Wednesday a $140 million deal with China’s Sinopec International Petroleum Company (SIPC) to install steam pipelines and control systems at two Kenyan geothermal power plants.
The company said the deal was the final major contract for the development of 280 megawatts of steam-generated power in the east African country’s Rift Valley.
The piping system will cover more than 40 kilometres and carry steam from geothermal wells to Olkaria I’s units 4&6 and the Olkaria IV power plants, both of which will have a capacity of 140 megawatts.
KenGen Managing director Eddy Njoroge said the deal would see the plants operational by mid 2014 as scheduled.
The completed projects will inject an extra 25 percent steam-generated power into the grid, KenGen said, which is seen easing the over reliance on hydro-power in a country that suffers chronic power outages.
“With such a huge boost from this clean, reliable and competitively priced form of electricity, consumer prices will ease as the country will require less generation from the more expensive sources,” Njoroge said.
Kenya has potential to produce 7,000 MW and is targeting production of at least 5,000 MW of geothermal power by 2030, the government says.
The Star (Nairobi)
Kenya: Turkana MPs Demand Disclosure of Oil Deals
By Ibrahim Oruko, 2 April 2012
LEADERS from Turkana county are demanding full disclosure of exploration and mining contracts for the four blocks in which oil was discovered two weeks ago. Forestry assistant minister Josephat Nanok and Turkana Central MP Ekwe Ethuro warned that they will commence legal proceedings against the government should it fail to disclose the dealings on the said exploration oil block.
The two MPs from the region have asked Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi to explain how transactions on block 10BB, where oil was discovered recently, was sold off for nearly Sh3 billion. They called for an urgent amendment to the Petroleum and Mining Acts to align it with the provisions of the new constitution so that communities where the resource was discovered benefit.
Nanok, in whose constituency oil was found by Anglo-Irish oil exploration firm Tullow Oil Company, expressed concern that some land and mining rights were sold at an exorbitant price while not a single shilling trickled down to the people of Turkana . “Neither has the government explained how much it received when Turkana Drilling Company sold the land at approximately Sh840 million and Africa Oil Company sold 50 per cent of its shares to Tullow at about Sh2 billion,” Nanok said. “We are therefore demanding for transparency and accountability in the process of managing the oil and more so how the government is going to execute the matter,” Nanok said.
He said this was necessary because already, senior cabinet ministers and government officials have been implicated in the Turkana Oil scam, just at the discovery stage,” Nanok said. “A lot more could be in the offing if we do not execute the matter in a more transparent and accountable manner to the people of this country and residents of Turkana who must be first beneficiaries,” he added.
Kenya: Make Turkana Oil Deal Public – MPs
By Evelyn Njoroge, 2 April 2012
Nairobi, Kenya — Pressure is mounting for the government to make public details of the contractual agreement it entered into with companies prospecting for oil in Turkana.
Members of Parliament from the area say Kenyans need to know what the contracts entail and what the country stands to gain should commercially viable oil be found.
Turkana South MP Josephat Nanok argued that transparency and accountability in both the oil exploration and production are crucial to avert possible scandals now and in the future.
“The license exploration contracts have never been shared with anyone. What we are still insisting on, is that the Energy Minister (Kiraitu Murungi) should declare publicly what is in the contract they have signed with the exploration companies,” he emphasised.
Such disclosure would for instance provide information on which companies are involved; the directors in those firms and the size of the areas allocated for exploration.
It is alleged that some land and mining rights were sold by senior government officials and politically connected individuals at Sh3 billion with none of the proceeds going to the local community.
At the centre of the controversy is four blocks among them Block 10BB where oil was discovered and which measures about 8,000 square kilometres.
The Turkana County Council was the first to raise the red flag on Friday last week when it complained that the land in Ngamia 1 was sold without their consent and involvement.
Nanok, in whose constituency oil was found, added that theirs is community land and the residents have a right to know how it will be utilised so as to guarantee a positive effect on their lives.
“A lot more could be in the offing if we do not execute the matter in a more transparent and accountable manner to the people of this country and residents of Turkana who must be the first beneficiaries,” he cautioned.
While maintaining that they have no intention of stopping the exploration activities, the leaders have threatened to take legal action to force the government to disclose all the oil information, which so far they claimed has been shrouded in mystery.
“We welcome investors of a positive mind to the locals and who are ready to add value to Turkana people and the economy of Kenya,” Turkana Central legislator Ekwe Ethuro told a press briefing.
He further called for the fast tracking of the review of the Petroleum Exploration and Production Act and the Mineral Exploration Act to ensure that resources are managed properly and that there’s a trickledown effect to the grass root level.
The two pieces of legislations are geared towards ensuring the need to promote and accelerate the exploration of minerals across the country but should also be in line with the constitution that calls for equitable allocation of resources and public participation.
And given that the oil was found in an area that has long being marginalised, the lawmakers called for the development of infrastructure that will aid in the extraction of not just oil but the other minerals such as gold that they believe the zone is endowed with.
“Further, Environmental Impact Assessment needs to be conducted to evaluate the impact of exploration and how best it can be done to avoid creating environmental loopholes,” Ethuro added.
Kenya is believed to have substantial quantities of minerals such as coal, Tiomin, goal and iron ore which if exploited have the potential to drive industrial development and enable the country to quickly realise the goals outlined in its development blueprint, Vision 2030.