Charles Keter

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 651 to 660 of 940.

• 16 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will look into that. We are not saying we are not listening to--- view
• 16 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Well, let me continue with what I was saying. I do not want any information. view
• 16 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have listened to the wishes of the Members. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will work out the modalities. Where it is possible to reduce, we will do that and where it is not possible, we will not. I have said that we will do away with emergency power. This will automatically reduce the cost of electricity. view
• 16 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to tell my colleague, Mr. C. Kilonzo that by March, 2011, we will have put in place the geothermal plants. We are buying what we call “well heats”. After drilling one well, we are able to generate about five to ten megawatts instantly. In our projection, we will have put about 60 megawatts to our grid by December, therefore, relieving us the use of emergency power. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the VAT is negligible. It is levied on the fixed charges and any consumption which is above 200 units. Therefore, it is not a major ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: However, I want to assure the House that the answer which I have is not the right answer. With the information which I received in the last 30 minutes--- I always give correct answers. So, I do not want to read what I think is wrong, but I can give the information on the current position which I got within the last half-an-hour--- view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. K. Kilonzo knows very well that I answer Questions in this House. I do not shy away from doing that. That is why I thought that instead of deferring this Question, I can give an answer which is a commitment from the Ministry. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I feel it is adequate, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Electricity supply to Upendo and Malivani Markets was paid in December, 2007 through Makueni CDF but up to now they have not been connected. I have found out that despite the payment which was done on 24th December, 2007 of Kshs1,167,305 for Upendo Market and Kshs2,565,818 for Malivani Market, there was an omission of the VAT exemption which was not given on time, hence the reflection at KPLC was not showing full payment and that has caused the delay. (b) I want to assure the hon. Member that with the information which ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with this information which I have just received, I want to reiterate that it should not have waited for almost three years yet the payments were done in full. I want to assure hon. Ethuro and the House that most of the pending projects, either paid through CDF or the Exchequer, will be completed by this month. We have given full instructions that they ought to finish all the projects so that when the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) takes over ; we do not have any job which is pending with the KPLC. view