Eng. James Rege

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, what hon. Millie Odhiambo is saying is the instruction we were given by the Speaker, but I do not think it is right. What you are saying is the correct thing. Otherwise, it will have no meaning bringing here debate on these Regulations. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Speaker Sir. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, is it in order for me to respond even though the Questioner is not within? view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Statement was requested by hon. Abdullahi Diriye, Member of Parliament for Wajir South. The response is as follows: view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: (i) The reason why the Universal Service Fund (USF) had not benefitted the intended beneficiaries yet the Act was enacted in 2008 and subsequent regulation put in place in 2010 is that the USF is yet to be fully operationalized. The Council was gazetted in the official Kenya Gazette in February, 2013. The Government is in the process of operationalizing the Fund. The Committee also noted that the directors have just been appointed and are still undergoing orientation. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: (ii). With regard to the criteria to be used to determine which locations should benefit from the Fund, the Committee established that this is contained in the study on ICT Access Gaps in Kenya that was undertaken jointly by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in 2011. The Report found ICT gaps as areas in Kenya where there is no access to ICT. These are areas that have poor roads or no electricity or low demand. The areas that were identified to have high ICT access gaps and which are supposed to benefit ... view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, what I know is that at the moment the Committee is in a retreat to find out how they can start operationalizing the USF. Very The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: soon they will be back and they will start operationalizing the USF. Even as we speak right now, the USF is a contribution of all the network operators in Kenya. As we speak now, none of those network operators has been asked to start putting in money. However, the CCK has put in place some Kshs1 billion to start operationalizing the Fund. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is hard to find out what reasons where there in operationalizing the Committee. However, from Parliament’s point of view--- I was a Member of this Committee in the Tenth Parliament. I know that many things were not operationalized because--- There were so many facts affecting the operationalization of anything in those departments. Also we have to know that procurement issues or problems hampered operationalizing anything in the Ministries. view
• 14 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, Sir. I believe this is a continuation of the previous day’s debate. I have pressed my button to interrupt because I wanted to seek you guidance with regard to the recent instruction which you gave our Committee. While acting as the Chair today, I wanted to ask you what we need to do next with regard to the investigations into the San Marco Satellite Rocket Launching Pad in Malindi, because the relevant Committee is not available to meet us. I know that very soon you will be asking for a report. I seek your guidance in ... view