Charles Keter

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 711 to 720 of 940.

• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 22 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I have said will be done because these are some of the reinforcement works which we are doing as a Ministry. We will stick to our time-lines. The line should have been commissioned earlier but there was a problem on the acquisition of the way-leave all the way from Chemosit to Kisii. As things are now, all that has been done and work is on-going. Even if you go to the ground, you will realize that it is on-going and the final part of the work at Kegati Sub-station, which is nearer to Kisii ... view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) About 100 transformers have been vandalized in Machakos Town and its environs between January 2008 and May 2009. (b) The total cost is approximately Kshs36.5 million but the resultant loss to the economy, considering the cost of replacement and loss of business to customers, is estimated to be over three to four times this figure. This should be over Kshs100 million. (c)To curb the practice of transformer vandalism, the KPLC has employed the following measures:- (i) Welding the transformers drain corks to make it difficult for the vandals to drain ... view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, starting with the last question, I do not have the figures. However, the cost should be over Kshs1 billion. The leading areas are Nairobi with 40 per cent, Mt. Kenya with about 30 per cent, Western Kenya with about 23 per cent and the least is seven per cent at Coast Province. I do not have the details of the exact number of people who have been arrested. However, there are arrests which have been made. The Energy Act (2006) puts the penalty at Kshs1 million or one year imprisonment if found guilty of vandalizing ... view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, a thief is a thief whether an employee of the KPLC or not. We consider them all as thieves and those caught doing that will have to face the law. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I answered that question and said I do not have the statistics on how many people have been arrested. However, we are planning to amend the Energy Act (2006), so that we put in place stiffer penalties. The fine now is about Kshs1 million. I think we need to change this and make it stiffer than that. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have the figure. I do not know. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, recently, there was a tender which is under evaluation. We will not only employ guards but also a software which has an alarm such that when someone touches the transformer, the alarm sends signals to maybe three to six people, maybe the police station, and the base where we will install the programme just like it is done in other countries. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will consider that under the same system which I talked about. view
• 21 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think in the final part of my answer, I said that there is a system which is under evaluation on the sensors which are going to be placed where the transformers are. However, with regard to the view