mercredi 29 janvier 2014

DRC natural resources press review of Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The high concentration of natural gas in Lake Kivu raises many questions about the environmental risks that could cause this concentration already concerned local residents. The Minister of the Environment, Bavo N'sa Mputu Elima and the Water Resources responded to a topical issue put to them by Senator Hamouli Kitsa . The press reported this session .

The Minister of the Environment informed the members of the Upper House of Parliament on this issue , saying that the government is hard at work to find appropriate solutions that clean and take this reality, announces Potentiel .

For Prosperité , the Minister Nsa Mputu specified aspects of environmental issues posed by the concentration of gases and their use for the production of utility power. The latter is in the prerogatives of other departments, he informed . But regarding his ministry, he discussed the specific issue on the impact of concentration of natural gas on human health, wildlife and flora.


Forum des As also reports the reaction of the Minister of Water Resources and Electric , Bruno Kapandji . Following the concern consisting ie when Goma , Sake , Minova, Bweremena , etc. . will be powered by current from methane gas from Lake Kivu, minister to justify the lack of electricity in Goma and its hinterland , has questioned the age of the production tool machines at the center of Rusizi I and II in that the power transmission line as in the network and at the receiving station . To circumvent these difficulties, the Government relies on the entry into force of the new law on electricity, a revolutionary law that will boost and energize all projects lying in this sector.


In the hydrocarbon sector , returning to the Global Witness report , the biweekly the Maximum talks on omissions of the international NGO. The newspaper reports : "What Global Witness dare not reveal to treat Nessergy file is also in that Gertler is far from being the only recipient of human rights under the conditions complained of, it is ie, without public bidding . Several other buyers of mineral rights exist, including British Energy and SOCO Gulf , on which Global Witness is more discreet. and that can intrigue rightly . "


Accused of having been reckless in dealing with fraud a transaction between the oil company and the Congolese government Nessergy , Global Witness responds , says his side Radio Okapi, his report is based on facts. " We exchanged a lot with officials Nessergy before publishing ," said Nathaniel Dyer, campaigner in the British NGO . Speaker on the eve radio, spokesman Fleurette group, Nessergy is a subsidiary, had accused the report of being tainted with much lightness.


On another area , Radio Okapi reports that the National Electricity Company ( SNEL ) is nearly 780,000 U.S. dollars to Gold Corporation Kivu and Maniema ( Sakima ) . According to the vice -president of the mining company , this amount is the invoice consumption of electricity produced by hydroelectric Luuzi Lukulu between April 2007 and January 2014. This plant belongs to the Sakima . Snel distributes and markets in the town of Kindu the electric current produced by the Central Sakima . Officials Snel Kindu say that late payment is caused by the insolvency of certain services and public enterprises. The provincial director of Snel Maniema , Georges Muetu , cites the case of the province Governorate , the National Railway Company of Congo, the board of water supply, the RVA and national cable television network via satellite.

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