Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1591 to 1600 of 1873.

• 26 Oct 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 shown in the video cafes. (b) The Kenya Film Classification Board protects children from viewing harmful video content through examining and rating films according to age of the audience. 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. However, currently, the Board does not have adequate staff to ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as stated in part “b” of my answer, we need to recruit officers to man our county offices that we intend to open. We intend to have offices in every county and deploy officers to the counties. We requested for Kshs17 million for the recruitment of personnel at various levels at the censorship board. Therefore, we are waiting for the allocation from the Treasury to be able to carry out recruitment of these officers. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, the hon. Member is correct that my Ministry, or the Board, has no prosecution powers; in case we come across any culprit, we hand him over to the office of the Director of Public Prosecution to do the prosecution. As to how many cases we have prosecuted so far, I am afraid that I may not have the full details here, but if the hon. Member puts a Question on this, I will be able to establish the number of cases that we have prosecuted so far. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have clearly indicated in the answer that I gave what the Ministry, through the Board, is doing to ensure that the kind of programmes that hon. Chanzu is alluding to are not shown in our video cafes and television channels. That is, indeed, the mandate of the Kenya Film Censorship Board that was established two years ago. Therefore, as I said, we are trying the best we can, but we have a limitation in the number of staff to do the monitoring. In due course, once we recruit the required number of staff, I want ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know how many times I am going to give this assurance. I have said that all the films that are broadcast on our televisions are rated. The film is clearly labeled. There are also guidelines as to what times those particular kinds of films can be broadcast. Therefore, I want to assure the hon. Member and the House that we are on course. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the concern of the honourable gracious lady and the House. I am a parent too. I am bringing up young children and it is also my concern. I have clearly stated that the mandate of the Board is to watch those films and rate them. Thereafter, we classify which films are good for adult viewing and which ones are not good for children viewing and so forth. Once they do that, they rate the films. There are clear guidelines by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to broadcasting houses and television stations as to ... view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stated clearly that my Ministry has no prosecution powers. Ours is to report them to the Director of Public Prosecutions for onward prosecution. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I give the assurance to this honourable House and the country at large that I am going to instruct the Kenya Film Censorship Board to be more vigilant. If there are the kind of cases that hon. Kabogo is referring to, I want to give the assurance that action will be taken. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I get the impression that the hon. Member has just walked in. That is because he has posed two questions that I have already answered. view
• 26 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I stated earlier, we have no sufficient establishment to enable us visit the video cafes that the hon. Member is referring to. I have said that we are now in the process of recruiting. We have been allocated some money and, once we have recruited the officers, we will go round the video cafes to ensure that films that are shown meet the required standards. view