Clan-vetting exercise gets K3mil

By HELEN TARAWA
The Government has allocated K3 million for the clan-vetting exercise to continue, Minister for Petroleum Dr Fabian Pok, pictured, says.
Pok, in response to Western Governor Toboi Awi Yoto in Parliament yesterday, said he sought National Executive Council approval to move funding for clan-vetting to Kumul Petroleum Holdings Ltd (KPHL) to pay for allowances.
“I received NEC approval to move this money to KPHL to hold this money to pay allowances,” he said.
“In previous years, a lot of money was allocated for clan-vetting and it was not used for the purpose for which it was provided.
“I want to tell Parliament that of the K3 million, we have used K1.2 million.
“We negotiated with ExxonMobil who have provided all the logistical support including accommodation, transport, and charter of aircraft.
“The money I’m holding onto is only for allowances.
“Of the K3 million, we have given K1 million to the alternate dispute resolution (ADR) team to complete Angore. We have used that K1.2m and we have covered all of the pipeline areas and the brown fields.
“Only four areas are still outstanding including Juha (Western), Angore and petroleum development license (PDL) 1 and PDL 7.
“We were going to cover that but due to the recent earthquake disaster, it was put on hold.”
Pok was to have met last night with all officers and will today sign the determination for all pipeline areas.
He said he had talked to ExxonMobil and also the chiefs of Juha.
“We agreed that we will meet to ensure that next week, we will carry out the clan-vetting process for Juha,” he said.
“I want to inform Parliament that we have nearly completed the pipeline areas.
“Once we get Juha completed, we will have three areas left to cover.”