Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1651 to 1660 of 1873.

• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: (a) The Government has so far spent US$ 20.3 million on The East African Submarine System (TEAMS) Project. This included the cost of the feasibility studies, initial construction costs and logistical support given to the project. The Ministry is currently in the process of paying US$750,000 to Alcatel being cost of duty for equipment imported. This will make the Government contribution to be a total of US$21.05 million. view
• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: (b) The Government has laid 5,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable throughout the country, covering virtually all the counties. Plans to roll out Phase II of the National Optic Fibre Broadband infrastructure are at an advanced stage and are awaiting approval from the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) as well as release of funds from Treasury. The network will increase coverage and create necessary redundancies. Since it may be expensive covering all constituencies, the Ministry wishes to encourage use of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) to link specific rural towns as need arises. Considering the fact that we have plans ... view
• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: (c) The Government is planning to free up the 2.5 GHz frequency spectrum and utilize it in rolling out Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology to cover the entire country with broadband. This should happen within one year. With nationwide LTE, schools, hospitals and district headquarters will be connected. view
• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do appreciate the fact that Eng. Rege was the Permanent Secretary in this Ministry and he is very well versed with what happens in the Ministry. I think he has put across two questions. The reason why he is asking this Question is to make us accelerate the process. I want to inform him that we do not do these projects in isolation as the Ministry of Information and Communications. There are procedures to be followed. We need to get funding from Treasury and get clearance from the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) in ... view
• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, we cannot do that in isolation. It takes the discipline of the general public to know that these cables are for their good. Therefore, they are not just for my Ministry but for the communication of the general public. Therefore, we urge the general public to know that this is their property because we spent taxpayers’ money to lay these cables. We encourage them not to tamper with the cables. view
• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my answer, I stated that we have covered virtually all the counties. At the back of the answer given--- view
• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the back of the answer that I provided to this House and to the Questioner, I attached a map that shows areas that have been connected and areas that are yet to be connected. For the benefit of Mr. Pesa, I will table my copy. view
• 24 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Eng. Rege is aware that Homa Bay County will be covered in Phase II of this project and I have stated that we are waiting for money from Treasury. As to his second question as to who owns the remaining 80 per cent of the shares, I said that the Government owns 20 per cent, Safaricom owns 22 per cent, Telkom Kenya owns 22 per cent, Essa Communications owns 10 per cent and the other small shareholders like Access Kenya and Jamii own about 20 per cent. There is 5 per cent that is yet ... view
• 1 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to seek your ruling on this particular issue. Hon. Gideon Mbuvi has just walked in and you can see him putting on shades and some things in his ears. I want you to rule whether that is appropriate dressing. view