Magerer Kiprono Langat

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 151 to 160 of 254.

• 28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: I want to agree with him that while we have done quite well in distribution, we have to ensure that we match the demand that has been created by some of these good Government policies; that is to avail electricity to all Kenyans. I also want to tell the hon. Member and, of course, this House that, it is this House which can always give a leeway when it comes to the taxation of some of the Government agencies. If this House finds it important that the VAT being levied on a Government agent called REA needs to be waived, ... view
• 28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand guided. But I want to say that we have begun negotiating with our colleagues in the Ministry of Finance. I know that part of what we are going to be doing is to agree on how that VAT may be levied or removed from within the Ministry. But that is something we are still discussing. However, I want to assure the hon. Member that we are going to do exactly that, to ensure that we do not create unnecessary hurdles for Kenyans to access electricity. view
• 28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the problem that we have is about the ability of the Government to generate enough power to meet the demand that has been created by the expansion of the Kenyan economy. I want to assure the hon. Member that we, as a Ministry, are not sleeping. As I have said, we are going to ensure that the generation capacity is designed in such a manner that it will meet the demand of the Kenyan people. Still on that, I want to assure the hon. Member that this issue of competitiveness within the energy sector ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to start by saying that a good friend and a neighbour hon. Langat has really helped us to bring out an idea whose time has come. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am an Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Energy. This has been part of the things that have been eating up our minds from the energy sector. I want to believe that the idea of capping the prices to cushion our people is really very timely. However, there are issues which we as Government also need to be able to work out just to take care of the fears that our citizenry has and also the fears that part of us in the Government have. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: When we talk about Government subsidies, we want to give back to the people. Coming from the Ministry, already the Government has profiled a taxation regime on oil industry and on various fuels. It would make much more sense if we look at the levels of taxation by the Government which in effect would still mean the same as creating a subsidy. My take is that we, in Government, and particularly the Treasury and also the Ministry of Energy, should be able to consider the reduction of taxes seriously. I mean taxes on petroleum products. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Secondly, streamlining of the energy sector in total is something that we would wish the Government to take very seriously. When you look at the issues that keep coming up on petroleum sector that lead to the high cost, which sometimes we are unable to get exactly where it is coming from--- I am talking about the cartels in the industry. We are talking about the inefficiencies in the sector, and we are talking about the difference in ability of the Government to recognize the levels. For example, if we are talking about industrial diesel, in other countries, it has ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: It is wrong for us to be working and coming up with prices and say that they will go up, because the world market prices have gone up as if we, as a Government, are completely helpless. Whereas the logistics of trying to reduce the prices needs to be well thought again, I want to encourage those of us in Government, and I am happy my good friend from the Treasury is here, to be able to take very seriously arguments that have been advanced, because this is the only way we can say we are doing the job that ... view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: marketers themselves. Sometimes they could be willing to give up a shilling or two from what they would get from their profits but the formula is 100 per cent guarantee for them. So, theirs is just to look for volumes to push because they know that whatever volume they push, they will gain. view
• 27 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to urge my colleagues to help us to come up with proper ways. I want to support what Mr. Munya has said here, that sometimes we have good intentions but we end up not helping the person who we intended to. That is a problem that we need to deal with. The Mover of the Motion needs to tell us how he intends to take care of that situation so that people who can afford do not necessarily benefit more than the people who may not afford. That is something that I wish to ... view