Kiraitu Murungi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 901 to 910 of 1237.

• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, could the hon. Member substantiate the statement that the Government has given the NOC a lot of money to import oil into this country? That is something which we have not done. Could he substantiate as to when and how much money the Government has given the NOC? As the Minister for Energy, I am aware that there is no money that the Government has given the NOC for importation of crude oil. view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think the hon. Member is very unfair to me. I am taking action on the issues of corruption and that is why I am appearing in court as a witness. It is one of the ways of fighting corruption. Is it in order for the hon. Member to be personal and make irrelevant comments? view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to make a few comments. I have listened to hon. Members and, indeed, we are painfully aware of the hardships that our people are going through because of the high petroleum prices and consequent consumer prices, including transport costs and high food prices. We are not just here to ask questions. We are leaders of this country in our own right as hon. Members of Parliament and I would have wanted to hear more on the solutions or the suggestions which the Government can take on board as we address ... view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: I do not need any information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I think we are painfully aware that the primary causes of the escalation in fuel prices in this country--- view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I was saying that we cannot run away from the fact, unless we do not want to. The primary causes of the escalation in petroleum prices are external factors and they are two. One is the escalation in the price of international crude oil which is primarily caused by geopolitics. What we are seeing in the Middle-East and northern Africa is affecting us. I think we cannot run away from that fact. Secondly, the Kenya shilling has depreciated against the dollar. What you see in the fuel prices today, at least, Kshs5 is ... view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not true to say that this Ministry has no ideas or has done nothing to intervene in the fuel prices in this country. This is not the first time that we are having unacceptable high fuel prices in this country. It was there even last year. If Members can remember, around August; the oil prices were very high in this country. Following a public outcry, including by Members of Parliament, the Ministry introduced price regulations. The prices regulations had been in this country since 1984. For the first time, last year, we introduced ... view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are complaining the price formula is not working. I, too, have been saying maybe, we could see better results. But it has come at a difficult time because the effect of that formula cannot be felt now. This is because it only captures the cost from landed cost at Mombasa. So, when the international oil prices go up, even our prices have got to go up despite the formula. view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also passed regulations for the NOCK to import 30 per cent of the country’s entire petroleum requirements, so that it can have capacity to enter into long supply contracts with oil producing countries such as Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and others. The whole purpose is to make sure that we move away from this hand and mouth operations, where the price of every cargo is different. We introduced that only three months ago. It will require time for NOCK to have capacity to be able to negotiate those long term contracts for this effect ... view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the cost build up, the taxes do contribute to the high petroleum prices. But the contribution at the maximum is about 26 per cent, including Road Maintenance Levy, Excise Duty and the Petroleum Development Levy (PDL). We have engaged in long discussion with the Treasury regarding what tax interventions we can make. We cannot touch the Roads Maintenance Levy, because contracts have been entered into and you remember the states of our roads. The only intervention that the Treasury could make was on the Excise Duty. When you look at the law, the maximum ... view
• 19 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are also aware that inefficiencies in our petroleum infrastructure also contribute to high petroleum prices. There are inefficiencies in the refinery. We have inefficiencies in the Kenya Pipeline Corporation (KPC). My Ministry is addressing those inefficiencies. Our refinery is old and dilapidated. It is almost absolute technology. It is a refinery built in 1970s. view