Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1691 to 1700 of 1873.

• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (b) The present regulatory framework on non-ionizing radiation cuts across the Kenya Bureau of Standards which sets or adopts the standards to be applied in the country; the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), which undertakes equipment type approval and stipulates the deployment parameters that service providers must comply with and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), which approves specific site installations of electromagnetic radiation sources. My Ministry, through the CCK and the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, through the Radiation Protection Board, has established a memorandum of understanding under which the said organs of Government have commenced audits of ... view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: (c) In view of the existence of a standing committee between five agencies, that is, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, Radiation Protection Board, NEMA, Kenya Bureau of Standards and CCK that have specific roles in the regulatory of masts and base stations, any new reputable evidence will be duly considered by these Government agencies and appropriate steps taken, which could involve a review of standards or infrastructure deployment conditions among other actions as may be necessary. view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have stated, studies that have been done so far by the professional agencies that I named in my answer have so far indicated that there are no effects. Unless on the contrary, the hon. Member can table any evidence of study done by any agency to show that actually, these effects are there, I cannot reply to that. view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that, that is a different Question. This will depend on the service providers or companies that provide telephony services. But I just want to assure the hon. Member, the whole House and country at large, that as a Ministry, we have come up with a policy to encourage mobile providers to share the infrastructure. In low income areas, we have come up with a policy where the Government will put up masts and then hire them to the service providers. This will help us to curb the mushrooming of masts all ... view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I still insist that it is not possible for me to answer that question here and now about how many masts will be put up in the next few years. That is because masts are put up as and when they are required. When they are required by the service providers, they apply to Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to get the approval. Therefore, we give approvals as and when the companies apply to set up masts. So, I cannot really say we are going to put up 100 masts in the next couple of years. ... view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, an outcome of a study conducted by an agency that I had named earlier has indicated that the effects of radiation by those masts are very minimal and reduces with the distance. Therefore, the studies we are working on indicate that there are no effects on the population that live around those masts. view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am prepared to table the reports of those studies. view
• 29 Sep 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, those masts are there to enable people to use mobile telephony services. All mobile providers will target the high population density areas because they are looking for clientele and subscribers. Therefore, as we embrace the new technology, we must know that the technologies might come with long term effects that we have to address as a country. That is why I said, very clearly, that CCK and Radiation Protection Board have teamed up to undertake studies to see the effects of those masts to the populace. Tests are being done every now and then. If we ... view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I answer this Question, I am meant to understand that yesterday you made a ruling that before this Question is answered by my Ministry, we should give a written explanation as to why we were not able to answer it last week. We have since done that; we brought the explanation this morning and if it is satisfactory to you, I will reply. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I agree with the hon. Member for Wajir West, hon. Keynan, that the ownership of Kencell has changed hands too frequently. I can only speculate that the frequent changes are driven by commercial interests. We are hoping that Bharti Airtel, the latest multinational to acquire Kencell will stay longer to provide the stability that can guarantee growth. Kenya is a free market economy, where entry and exit is a normal practice. The Government, through my Ministry, is doing everything possible to continue to attract and ... view