19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are going to extent connectivity to boreholes as Mr. Ethuro has requested. We are going to do that from this financial year. We consider them part of public institutions, especially in ASALs. We are also working with the Ministry of Local Government and Mr. Mudavadi to introduce, during this financial year, new building regulations which will require, especially in urban areas, that all the buildings that require building approval--- The approval should not to be granted unless there is provision for solar energy, especially for water heating. We want that for all the buildings ...
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
With those few remarks, allow me to, once again, thank hon. Members and I beg to move.
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:-
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
THAT, a sum not exceeding Kshs9,914,698,045 be issued from the Consolidated Fund to complete the sum necessary to meet expenditure during the year ending 30th June, 2011 in respect of:-
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Vote 30 – Ministry of Energy
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19 Aug 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution.
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13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Turkwell Hydro-Power Project is owned by the Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen), a parastatal under the Ministry of Energy. This company is committed to building good relationship with all communities surrounding her projects, including those around Turkwell Power Station, for mutual co-existence and the fulfilment of her corporate social responsibility. In particular, the company has carried a number of corporate social responsibility projects for communities in the Turwell area, some of which are going on. These projects are key sectors such as education, energy, transport, employment and include the following:- (i) ...
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13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the information I have from the company and I spoke to the Managing Director today before I came to Parliament, is that the company grants scholarships to four local students every year. That is two for secondary school and two for university education. This has run for the last five years and has benefitted 20 students. I do not have the names of the secondary schools or universities these students have attended. However, I can provide this information to the Member of Parliament if requested.
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13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stated very clearly that we have ten permanent employees from that area. We also have 200 seasonal casual labourers from that area who work in that plant. Again, I do not have the names of either the casual workers or the ten permanent employees, but I got this information from the company. We are ready to give these names if requested.
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13 Jul 2010 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have answered the Question as asked. It was not asked about names but about the progress the Turkwell Hydro-power Project has made towards realization of its promise of benefitting the local residents through social responsibility programmes.
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