Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1681 to 1690 of 1873.

• 2 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg the indulgence of the House for this Question to be called later on because the Minister, hon. Poghisio, is on his way with the answer. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I wish to clarify that the campaign referred to; the digital content development grant contest was, indeed, successful. However, it was open to all digital content developers and it was in no way gender targeted. A survey done by the Kenya ICT Board three months ago showed that ICT stakeholders are 85 per cent male and 15 per cent female. This is a reflection of the industry demographics revealing a male dominated sector. It was, therefore, expected that the participation of women in this competition would be significantly lower than that of ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I stated in my answer, this survey was just done a couple of months ago. We got these statistics just about one and a half months ago. Therefore, the ICT Board is now in the process of formulating strategies that we will use to encourage women to participate in the ICT sector. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, maybe it will be important to inform the House, and the nation at large, that this is just the first phase of the three phases that we will undergo. Therefore, it is a learning process; we learned from the mistakes that we made in the first phase. I believe we will incorporate the suggestions that hon. Members are proposing from the Floor of the House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would also wish to inform the House that this was an open and competitive bidding. Therefore, it is very difficult to say that we want this number of ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the answer to his question, in short, is “yes”. I would just wish to inform the House that this is an elaborate project being funded by the World Bank. It encompasses about five aspects. The first aspect of this project will be digital inclusion project. This is to get all citizens included in the digital economy by providing bandwidth at subsidized rates. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second phase is the public sector shared services--- view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not in any way suggest that. If the hon. Member was keen enough when I stood up to answer Mr. Mungatana’s question, I was for affirmative action. I said yes, his suggestion will be considered. So, I am just going further to enlighten the House on what else the World Bank is doing with my Ministry for this country. I think this is very important information that I would want to share with the Members of this House. Mr. Speaker, Sir, under the Digital Inclusion Project, we will also provide a subsidy to university students ... view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if he heard me clearly, I think I already made that particular commitment. However, the ICT sector is still very young in our country. We are doing all we can to develop it to international standards. On this score, while I was discussing the answer to this Question with my officers from the ICT Board, we have decided that my Ministry, through the ICT Board will facilitate a Parliamentary exposure to ICT to Members of Parliament, where we will organize a trip to the Silicone Valley in the United States of America. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will liaise with your officers to get some names of Members of Parliament who will go on this exposure trip to the Silicon Valley in the United States. This is the home of google and cisco; it is the nerve centre of ICT in the world. We intend to do this by the end of this year or very early next year. view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (a) Whereas there may be studies that tend to establish a link between certain diseases and other effects of electromagnetic radiation, it is important to note that all reputable studies such as those conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), that are subjected to proper peer review, have not established any such linkage. The standards put in place by the Kenya Bureau of Standards for the Kenyan market are those recommended by the International Commission on Non-ionizing Radiation Protection and the WHO, which are among the most stringent in the world. view