David Aoko Were

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 721 to 730 of 733.

• 27 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. From the outset, I support the Motion. I would like to congratulate the Minister for Finance for the well- balanced Budget which he read to us. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just as other hon. Members have said, my problem with the Budget always comes at the time of implementation. We have very good things written on paper, but at the end of every financial year, we find that Ministries return the money to the Treasury. You find that most of the projects that have ... view
• 8 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The corporate restructuring programme for Telkom Kenya Limited is on course. It has been provided that Telkom Kenya Limited be privatized by sale of 26 per cent of Telkom Kenya Limited shareholding to a strategic investor, 30 per cent to the public and 4 per to staff through an initial public offer (IPO) in the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) by next year as part of the second phase of the programme. M/s. IFC who are the transaction advisers indicate that the process should be over by April, 2007. (b) The previous ... view
• 8 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are all aware about that but it would not be 1244 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 8, 2006 possible to sell Telkom Kenya as it is now when it is making losses. That is why we have gone into the first stage of retrenching workers. After that, we will offer it for sale. view
• 8 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have indicated that Telkom Kenya is over-staffed. As we speak now the work-force is over 17,000 with 3,000 individual lines only. If you compare this with companies like M/s. Safaricom which are making higher earnings, you will find that M/s. Safaricom employs about 1,000 staff compared to 17,000 by Telkom Kenya. That is why the first step would be to reduce the number of staff because the ratio of lines to the number of staff is not proper. It would only, therefore, be prudent to reduce the number of staff and then get the proper ... view
• 8 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to confirm to the hon. Questioner that this time round, the Government is serious about privatising Telkom Kenya. The programme of retrenchment is already on course and about 2,000 staff, between March and June, 2006, have already gone home. By the end of the year, all the planned 11,000 staff will be retrenched. In that process, Telkom Kenya will start saving about Kshs4 billion per annum. By the end of April, 2007, the privatisation process should be through. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will issue this Ministerial Statement in the afternoon. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that Tigania Central Division is currently served by a manual exchange located at Mikinduri Market, which is connected to Meru Automatic Exchange. (b) I am also aware that Karama Market has no telephone service. The market could not have been served from Kianjai Automatic Exchange because of the distance; nor could it have been served from Kangeta Manual Exchange due to transmission limitations. (c) Telkom Kenya is taking urgent measures to serve Mikinduri and Karama Markets from Nyambene Hills using Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), which is ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot explain why the market was "jumped"! But from the answer I gave to part (b), the two towns were far apart. That is why telephone services could not be extended. As for the supply of booths, Telkom Kenya is changing its system of doing business. It is going to do business the same way Safaricom and Celtel are doing. Running of booths will be done by individuals acting as dealers. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not get the question. Could he repeat? view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have indicated very clearly that the technology has changed. We are moving from the current system to the CDMA system. We will consign the old equipment to the museums. view