Henry Kosgey

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will do that! view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to answer. (a) Yes, I am aware of the severe financial and operational problems facing Pan Paper Mills, Webuye, which may lead to its closure. (b) The major shareholders, namely, the Government and the other shareholders, have discussed the problems facing Pan Paper Mills, Webuye, quite extensively. At the moment, we have agreed to put in place short-term and long-term measures in order to remedy the situation. In particular, we have agreed to make additional equity available to the company to boost its cash flow. Discussions are also under way with the Ministry of ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government, as I said, has been concerned about this industry for quite some time now. If you will recall, the Government set up a task force, chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Treasury, to look into these problems. As a result of that task force, further recommendations, which I outlined here, have been made and agreed on and are being actively pursued. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, therefore, for the hon. Member to say that the promises that were made in 2005 have not been fulfilled is not very fair because the results of this task force ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am trying to answer the hon. Member's question! When I finish answering it, he will understand. view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the licence that the hon. Member is talking about is actually a miller's licence. Currently, it is issued by the Kenya Forest Service. In other words, they would license this company as a miller like they would license any other miller. The last licence expired in 2003. Since then, they have been issued with annual licences pending deliberations on these short-term and long-term issues. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, currently, I must admit that they have not been issued with the licence for this year. They need a long-term licence. I have pursued this issue very actively ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I finished giving the answer that I had. view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know how much power would be generated by Webuye Falls if we constructed a dam there and installed a turbine at the bottom of it. But it can be one of those long-term measures. But the one very important long-term measure, in order to cut down the fuel costs by 50 per cent, is to plant wood fuel on 8,000 hectares of land, which the company has requested. We will allocate them 8,000 hectares of land. This will enable it to generate its own fuel. Of course, they will need a steam boiler ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the moment, there are active discussions to look 962 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES May 13, 2008 for land near Turbo and Lugari. view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am now answering every question that is possible on earth on this company! That question could be directed to, maybe, the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources. But under industrialization, there is what we call clean-up production. Maybe I could attempt to answer that question under clean-up production. Of course, our industries should be environmentally friendly. I know the smell that the hon. Member is referring to; it is terrible. I think if you have been to Webuye, you would see that there are treatment ponds where waste from the factory is treated before it ... view
• 13 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the shareholding of this company is the Government of Kenya through the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) and Development Bank of Kenya (DBK), which totals to about 44 per cent. The GP-CK Birla Group of India and Orient Paper Mills total 54.4 per cent. The East African Development Bank owns 3 per cent, plus other small shareholders who own about 1 per cent. There is a management contract by the GP-CK Birla Group of India which manages this company. Of course, they take the management fees for that work. I have not looked at the ... view