Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1751 to 1760 of 1873.

• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Towards the end of the last Session of Parliament, while I was answering a Question by Mr. Mbadi, the Member for Gwasi Constituency, hon. Members raised very weighty issues on the management of the KBC; issues, I was not privy to as an Assistant Minister. I was taken aback and sought your indulgence to do a forensic audit of the KBC and lay a Report in this House. You ordered me to do this in the first quarter of this year. However, I would like to register my apology that it was not possible for me to do that view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is now my pleasure to table this particular Report. I was unable to make enough copies for all hon. Members, but I will deposit some copies at Room No.8 view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to assure Mr. Mbadi that as the Questioner, I have a copy for him in his pigeonhole. view
• 21 May 2009 in National Assembly: As to hon. Mungatana’s question on funding of the KBC, I think that can be better raised with the Ministry of Finance. We submit our proposals to the Ministry, but year in, year out, we do not get adequate resources as we do submit. However, I want to assure the House and the nation that the Corporation will not wind up. Despite the difficulties, we will ensure that we soldier on and provide the services that we are supposed to provide to the country. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to issue a Ministerial Statement. Two weeks ago the Member for Gem, Mr. Jakoyo Midiwo, rose on a point of order to request for a Ministerial Statement from my Ministry in regard to the closure of the Gateway Television (GTV). It is in this respect that I beg to give the following Statement: view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: On 30th of January, 2009, Gateway Broadcast Services, that is the GTV parent company announced that its Board of Directors had unanimously approved a plan to liquidate the company. In its statement, the company stated that the current financial and global crisis had severely interrupted Fe bruary 17, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 3 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to give an undertaking to the House that I will come up with a statement addressing all the issues the hon. Member has raised on Thursday, next week. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to make my remarks on this Bill. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as one of the senior-most Members in this House, I will begin by giving advise to this Tenth Parliament free of charge. The advise is this: If there is anything that we must always unite as House to fight is corruption. If there is anything that we must all get together and take head on is corruption. When it comes to fighting corruption, we must forget which side of the divide we belong to! Whether you are in PNU, ODM or ODM-K, it does not matter. Whether you sit on the Front Bench or Back Bench, ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, corruption is the single- most reason why our country is on it knees today. Corruption is the reason why we have poverty and hunger in this country today. Corruption is the reason why we have bad roads and other bad infrastructure in this country today. Therefore, when it comes to fighting corruption, we must all unite and just take it head on without any fear or favour. This Motion is coming in the wake of the many corruption scandals that are facing our Government and country today. The oil and maize scandals are very vivid in ... view