Kiraitu Murungi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Feb 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have nothing to hide or to fear here. I have no problem being informed by the Chairman of the Committee. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not speak very much these days. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I think this is a very well deserved recess. I would like to thank all my colleagues, Members of Parliament, because we have really worked very hard during this Session. We have moved this country to another level. Let us not mystify what we are doing today. We are not just Members of Parliament. We are also fathers and grandfathers. We need time for our extended and nuclear families. We need some time to be ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not speak very much these days. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to support this Motion. I think this is a very well deserved recess. I would like to thank all my colleagues, Members of Parliament, because we have really worked very hard during this Session. We have moved this country to another level. Let us not mystify what we are doing today. We are not just Members of Parliament. We are also fathers and grandfathers. We need time for our extended and nuclear families. We need some time to be ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, allow me to congratulate the Member for Kamukunji, Mr. Yusuf Hassan Abdi. He is very eloquent in his maiden speech. I think in other forums, he would have been given a standing ovation. However, I think Members have appreciated it in the usual way. I have the singular privilege of having known the hon. Member in the dark days of this country, in the 1990s when he gave me refuge in London when he was working for BBC. I can tell you that Mr. Yusuf is a true nationalist and he will give ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think hon. Okemo has pointed out that in case of that unlikely default by KenGen, both the lenders and the Government have the legal powers to come in to enforce a guarantee. They can run these power stations and recover the money. Therefore, there is absolutely minimal or zero risk that we are taking. I would urge the House to support this Motion. view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: We have also been complaining about the cost of electricity. As a result of the shortage that I am talking about, we have been forced to bring back about 60 megawatts of emergency power. This is going to raise electricity tariffs again, but once we implement the new power projects, for instance the Kindaruma Power Project, we will generate electricity which will cost us only Kshs4 per kilowatt hour. The electricity we generate from diesel costs us Kshs15 per kilowatt hour. The electricity generated from geothermal will be Kshs4.50 per kilowatt hour. So, this will considerably bring down the cost ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know other hon. Members want to contribute. We want to implement universal connectivity to all Kenyans. By the year 2030, we want a minimum of 90 per cent of Kenyans to be connected to electricity. The most successful country is Egypt, which has 98 per cent connectivity. In fact, Morocco is catching up. They are at 97 per cent. We hope by 2030, we will have reached over 90 per cent. When I came to the Ministry, in the rural areas only 6 per cent had been connected. With the efforts and the support from ... view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what the hon. Member is saying is correct. The Ministry is aware and I would like to inform him that we are putting up a ten megawatt power plant in Garissa to sort out all those blackouts within that region. view
• 7 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2011, on Kenya Government Guarantee of a Loan of Euro 39,100,000.00 equivalent to Kshs4,926,600,000.00 from the KFW, Frankfurt Am Main to the Kenya Electricity Generating Company for the Rehabilitation and upgrade of the Kindaruma Hydropower Plant laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday July 27, 2011. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have been requested to move these Motions No.10, 11 and 12 on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. By approving the Motion in ... view