Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1581 to 1590 of 1873.

• 29 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to thank all the Members who have sought for further clarifications when I bring the statement on Tuesday. Dr. Nuh, hon. C. Kilonzo and the hon. Member for Kamukunji are all asking that they be given assurance that as we are still working on this matter, the KBC will be up view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, the mandate of the Kenya Film Classification Board is to classify all films in the country including those being shown in video cafes. (b) The Kenya Film Classification Board protects children from viewing harmful video content through examining and rating of films according to age of the audiences. The Films and Stage Plays Act, Cap.222 also requires the Board to rate all films meant for public exhibition. For example, to protect children, adults only films are rated 18 years and above. Further, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) is also ... view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: However, I wish to state that, currently, the Board does not have adequate staff to monitor video cafes and showrooms around the country. To address this problem, my Ministry is in the process of recruiting more staff for the Board and subsequently post them at the county level. This will enable the Board to intensify monitoring of contents of films being distributed in video cafes and showrooms. With full capacity, the Board will be able to ensure that all unrated films are prohibited from being exhibited in public places. It is worth noting that the Board’s officers operate within Government ... view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to believe that what I am doing has been extensively covered in my answer. I have cited several cases where we have taken the suppliers to court like the case in Embu and the others in Nairobi. So, there is a crackdown. I want to assure the House that since this Question came up two weeks ago, we have intensified the patrols and crackdown. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have already done what the hon. Member has asked us to do. That is intensifying the crackdown on those people. I want the House to know that we take this matter extremely seriously. We are concerned, as a Ministry, and we will do all that we can within our reach and within the laid down legal framework to ensure that we stop this menace. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not think banning the whole issue will be a good idea for the economy of the country because we know that this is an industry that provides employment to very many young Kenyans and banning the whole issue as suggested by the hon. Member will render most of these young people jobless. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I stated two weeks ago when I was answering this Question, we experienced some challenges in enforcing the Act. One of the challenges we experience is that some of these media houses or film distributors and exhibitors always run to court whenever the Board, in conjunction with affected stakeholders such as the CCK, the Kenya Corporate Board or Office of the President wants them to comply with the law. When we brought the Kenya Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill to this House three years ago, some of the hon. Member who are complaining here loudly ... view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to assure the House that we have drafted these amendments and they are in the Miscellaneous (Amendment) Bill that the Attorney-General is supposed to bring to the House any time now. view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the regulations that we issued in 2009 require the licensees or broadcasters to ensure the content which depicts or contains scenes that are rated by the Kenya Films Classification Board as for adults or are of the language intended for adult audience are not aired during watershed periods. All these FM and TV stations under the new regulation and Act will be required to apply for their licences afresh. This is one of the conditionalities that we have put in place for the renewal of licences or issuance of licences to these media houses and FM ... view
• 10 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I partly agree with the sentiments made by the hon. Member but I want to say that it is both. The Act is weak and there is also ineffectiveness in implementation or enforcement of this Act because of the factors that I stated; that we lack staff. I also stated here last time when I was answering this Question that my Ministry has no prosecution powers. So, all we do is to crackdown on these people and hand them over to the police who have the prosecution powers. view