Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1701 to 1710 of 1873.

• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I stated in my answer to part “b” of the Question, there has been no study that links frequent changes of ownership of these companies to economic instability and threats to security. It was not necessary to put any measures in place because there was no threat. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will agree that, that is a totally different Question on network coverage. The Question we are dealing with now is about ownership of Zain Company. The question of network coverage in various parts of the country is totally different from what we are tackling today. I would urge the hon. Member to put in a Question and we will come up with an appropriate response. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I really do not know if the hon. Member listened to the answer that I gave to the House. What would be the justification revoking the licence? I said this is controlled by commercial interests and therefore, Kenya is a free country where anybody is allowed to come in as long as they meet the sector policy that we have put in place. Therefore, there will be no need to revoke the licence of Zain because they have not breached any of the policies that we have put in place. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I categorically deny that. I want to state that in reviewing such frequency of change of shareholding, the Commission considers among other things, compliance of the proposed structure to the prevailing sector policy and that the proposal does not result in a merger which would distort competition in telecommunication sector in Kenya by creating a monopoly. Therefore, I want to assure the hon. Member and the House at large that there will be no monopoly. view
• 1 Apr 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I think we are going round in circles and not adding any value to this document. Would I be in order to request that the Mover be called upon to reply? view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I wish to take this opportunity so that I can also make my remarks on the exposition of the public policy contained in His Excellency’s Address, delivered from the Chair on the 23rd of February, 2010. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me from the outset state that as one of the longest serving Members of this House, having served four terms, having represented my people here for four terms consecutively, having listened to 17 State Opening Addresses of our Parliament by both retired President Moi and President Kibaki, I can comfortably state that I am one of the leaders ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: our Government. It is during this administration that we witnessed the Anglo-leasing and other scandals that came up during this particular administration. I, therefore, want to state that the President must change his tact; tackle this vice and join the Prime Minister in fighting the war against corruption. That is the only way he can win this particular war. So, we hail the Prime Minister for his efforts of trying to fight corruption in our Republic. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the next point that I would like to dwell on is the issue of employment of our youth. Every year, we are churning out graduates from our universities, secondary schools, tertiary colleges and primary schools - those who cannot afford to join secondary schools. All those people are out there, unable to be absorbed in the employment sector. That is cause of the rising crime in the Republic. It is high time the Government came up with concrete policies for job creation. Since it is not possible to create jobs for all the graduates that ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Lastly, I want to talk about infrastructure. I would like to give credit to the Government because it is in this area that it has excelled and done very well. I have in mind the provision of good roads and electricity. But where we are yet to make an impact is our railway line. Therefore, if we have to improve the economy; if we have to help the farmer to get his produce to the market and farm inputs to the farm, we need good roads. I just want to encourage the Government, through the Ministry of Roads, to continue ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view