Irungu Kang'ata

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: In Kenya, you have a situation where one single player dictates how much you are going to pay for data bundles, for calls and Short Message Service (SMS) because it controls almost 90 per cent of the market. In such a kind of situation, I do not foresee any other entity growing. We are not going to create more jobs and innovation in that industry because of the dominance of one entity. There is what we call termination charges which an entity or company in telecommunication industry pays to the other companies for termination of its calls. Because of the ... view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we must foster--- view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir. We must foster two things. One, we remove all barriers of entry and exit of this economy. Secondly, we must ensure we remove all barriers that have made these small companies not to rise up. Personally, Safaricom should be declared as a dominant abuser of this economy. I strongly believe it is oppressing those small entities. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: I urge the Committee to take action provided for under Section 24 of the Competition Act and declare Safaricom an abuser of dominance in this economy. There is a Paper that was done by experts, which recommended Safaricom to break. The Paper was an advisory to the regulator; the Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK). It should be implemented to the letter so that we break the monopoly of Safaricom and allow the sector to be competitive if we want to move forward as a country. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I rise to move the following Motion.- view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: THAT, notwithstanding the Resolutions of the Senate made on 27th February, 2020 (approval of the Senate Calendar), on 15th September, 2020 and on 8th October, 2020, (alteration of the Senate Calendar); pursuant to Standing Orders 29(4) and 31(3), the Senate resolves to further alter its Calendar (Regular Sessions) for the Fourth Session, 2020, in respect of Part V, to hold one Sitting on Tuesdays, beginning on Tuesday, 10th November, 2020, until Tuesday, 1st December, 2020, and that the Senate Calendar (Regular Sessions) for the Fourth Session, 2020, be altered accordingly. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, during the House Business Committee meeting that was held today, it was proposed that we alter the Senate’s calendar, reason being that we are experiencing a spike of COVID-19 cases, in the entire Republic and also in the Senate. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: I urge Members of this House to pay their respects and tribute to some of our colleagues, whose names I will not disclose, who have passed on because of this pandemic. We must take into account that those were our colleagues, we loved them--- view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Yes, of course, I am referring to our working colleagues here, in the sense that they work to support this House. It is only a reasonable House and a good employer that must take and respect our workers who have suffered because of this pandemic. view
• 10 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you look at what is happening in the entire country, so many persons are currently dying because of this pandemic. This pandemic started in March 2020, it peaked in the middle of July, then it started going down. We are now experiencing a second wave, which is deadlier and is causing more suffering to our people. view