Sen. George Khaniri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1781 to 1790 of 1873.

• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I oblige. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) has a weak financial base. This is because the KBC undertook a radio modernisation project that was funded by a Japanese loan in 1989 and guaranteed 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 interests. ... view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as usual, we sent this answer to Parliament this morning. You reckon that this is a Question by Private Notice, which just came to us a couple of days ago. We had to research on the answer and as you can see, the list that I am tabling is very voluminous. We completed working on this answer just this morning. Personally, I made sure that an answer was dispatched to Parliament this morning. view
• 10 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know where the breakdown is. I confirm that the answer was dispatched from my office this morning. If the hon. Member is not comfortable, may I request that the Question be deferred to tomorrow, so that I can provide him with a copy of the written answer. view
• 9 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not wish to interrupt my brother, hon. Dr. Khalwale. However, looking at the Order Paper, we are on Order No.2, Communication from the Chair, which you just did, Mr. Speaker. I think hon. Dr. Khalwale should have waited for Order No.3, Petitions, for him to stand up and raise his petition. view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me take this opportunity to thank the hon. Member for bringing this to my attention. I want to give an undertaking to the House that I will investigate the matter and come up with a comprehensive Ministerial Statement on Wednesday, next week. view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill that you have given me an opportunity to move is a product of a lot of consultations from all the stakeholders that are involved in that sector. We tried to make it as all-inclusive as possible. I want to take this early opportunity to thank all those who participated in putting this Bill together. It was a long journey and a rigorous process. But I am happy that, at the end of ... view
• 29 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to make my remarks on this Vote of the Ministry of Agriculture. In support of this Vote, I just have two or three points to make. Before I make them, I want to take this early opportunity to join my colleagues who have spoken earlier in congratulating the Minister for the very able and eloquent way in which he moved his Vote. I would also like to congratulate him for the good vision that he has for this Ministry. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I listened to the ... view
• 16 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Migori is not adequately covered by TV signals. The district is within coverage of the KBC TV transmitter at Kisii. However, the terrain of the land in the district hinders coverage of the signal. (b) In 2006, KBC installed a low power booster transmitter of 20 watts to cover Migori Town as we await availability of sufficient funds to put up a 1,000 watts transmitter. This can be achieved within a period of three to four months subject to availability of funds. view
• 16 Oct 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the amount of money required to put up the 1,000 watts transmitter is to the tune of about Kshs40 million. I would like to inform the House and the hon. Member that, very soon, we will switch from analogue broadcasting to terrestrial digital broadcasting as required universally. The deadline for this is the year 2015 but, as a country, we are striving to achieve this by January next year. I want to assure the hon. Member that when we switch to the terrestrial digital broadcasting, this area will be adequately covered. We are talking of very ... view