Magerer Kiprono Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (b) On 30th June, 2011, an Army officer by the name Mr. Vincent Oruko from Kahawa Barracks sought assistance from the Kenya Power and Lighting Company to check whether there was electricity leakage to the steel pole near the primary school gate. Subsequently, a KPLC team inspected the primary school gate and ascertained that there was no leakage of power from the KPLC side of supply. The import of the findings was that the power leakage was from a low voltage network owned and managed by the military. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (c) Given that the leakage was on the side of the network owned and operated by the military, the issue of compensation should be referred to the Ministry of State for Defence. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, maybe, the hon. Member did not hear me well. I have not disputed the fact that there was a case of electrocution which resulted in death. What I said was basically that, as a Ministry, and with the utilities that we have, the part of the danger that caused the death was a line that is being operated by the military. We have said that the issue of compensation will be passed over to the Ministry of State for Defence. It is within their operations. I have not said that we are not sharing the responsibility. But ... view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the danger posed by that naked wire is not exposed to Kahawa Barracks alone. But, as I have said, a team from the KPLC has visited the area. I believe that we have secured the place. Within the country, we are also trying to ensure that we do not have naked wires that can cause electrocution or death to any Kenyan. So, my Ministry, together with the KPLC, is taking great responsibility to ensure that we do not have wires that may cause deaths. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are not passing the responsibility to an entity that has no mandate. What I have said is that the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of State for Defence will sit and agree on who will pay the compensation. I have said that the Ministry of Energy and the Kenya Power Company (KPC), for that matter, does not operate with a low voltage line within Kahawa Garrison which is a restricted area. That is the only difference. In other areas, I am sure we have been able to deal with such cases in a better way. view
• 18 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Member for Juja is a little worried that we may not be able to take care of his fears. However, as I said, it is just a matter of time that my Ministry and the Ministry of State for Defence will definitely--- I cannot give the timeframe because we have to look at the report that he has just tabled. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to straightaway support and thank my friend, who is also my twin brother from Budalangi for thinking about our farmers. It needs to be understood that the assets of Kenyan Farmers Association belong to the farmers. They are spread around the country. The last time I checked, they were in about 60 sites across the country and strategically situated to benefit our farmers. Prior to coming to Parliament, I had an opportunity to work in the agro-chemical industry. I want to say that the Kenya Farmers Association, through their ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, there was an earlier attempt by some cartels to acquire this institution under the name of Kenya Farmers Agency (KFA). They were very crafty to ensure that the acronym KFA remained intact, but it had changed in terms of the ownership and interests that it was going to serve. I want to thank the gallant farmers of this country – those who have fought hard to ensure that KFA does not go into the wrong hands. This is the time when we need people who understand the problems that the farmers go through. I do not ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have had issues with where we could store some of the produce. We have had issues with how much exactly we had in the SGR as pertains to the hunger situation in this country. Allow me to request the Minister to take advantage of the KFA properties that are situated across the country and enter into a pact to be able to give these farmers an opportunity to sell and store their crop for purposes of helping other Kenyans in areas where they are unable to produce food. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I said before, godowns are linked to our railway lines. The recent plans by the Government to revitalize the railway sector is really going to benefit the farmers of this country, more so those under the renewed KFA. The KFA has some shares in the Kenya Seed Company (KSC). These shares were meant to cushion the farmer in terms of seed availability because of the interest that the KFA had in seed production. So, salvaging the KFA would enable this institution to be able to guarantee its members availability of seeds at the time when ... view