Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1761 to 1770 of 1873.

• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Speaker, the Okemo Committee has made some recommendations here. This is what they are asking us to adopt as a House. In recommendation No.6.3, on the Attorney-General, they are recommending:- view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: "That the Committee recommends that in the matters of this nature, the Attorney-General should be involved." view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: All Government agencies, particularly the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), should work closely together. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The Committee also recommends that the Attorney-General's office should, in future, proactively get involved when legal matters of public interest are brought to his attention formally or informally. Is that a bad recommendation? They are telling us that the Committee recommends that the Attorney-General speedily reviews and concludes all Goldenberg-related cases. Could someone stand up and tell me if it is a bad recommendation? The Committee noted that it was in the best interests of the country to encourage foreign investment as a way of stimulating economic growth and creating employment for Kenyans. In this regard, the Committee noted that ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have no grudge, or anything else, against my friend, Mr. Kimunya, the Minister for Trade, but my advice to him, and the few who are opposed to this Report, is that rather than oppose the entire report, they should seek to expunge recommendation number 6.1, which says that Mr. Kimunya should be severely reprimanded and the question of the breach of Section 21 of National Assembly Powers and Privileges Act being referred to a committee. If they have a problem with that, let them move for this recommendation to be expunged from the Report. This ... view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (a) Yes, I confirm that the KBC has a weak financial base. This is because the KBC undertook Radio Medium Wave (MW) Modernization Project that was funded by a Japanese Loan in 1989, under guarantee by the Government of Kenya. Owing to financial constraints, the KBC was unable to repay the loan. The Treasury was approached and requested to repay the loan on behalf of the KBC. The Treasury started repaying the loan in 1992 under the terms of treating the repayment amount as a loan to the KBC to be repaid back with annual interest. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: As of December 2008, the KBC owes the Treasury roughly Kshs19 billion. Other outstanding debts are medical scheme, VAT, PAYE, KBC Pension Scheme and supplies of foreign programmes which are at Kshs968,500,000. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (b) The KBC has not made any actual monetary investment in K24 TV and Ghetto Radio. The KBC had two idle broadcasting frequencies and wanted to counter competition and generate additional revenue. Since the KBC did not have funds, they got a proposal from Regional Reach Ltd. who gave a goodwill of Kshs10 million. This investment was approved by the KBC Board of Directors as required. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Ghetto Radio targets young adults and is run by Radio Netherlands and Sarakasi Trust of Kenya which are non-profit organizations. Other joint ventures for the KBC are with Multichoice view