Eng Mohammed Maalim Mahamud

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1831 to 1840 of 2205.

• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not true that KenGen is a private company. It is 70 per cent Government owned. It is a parastatal of the Ministry of Energy. The fact of the matter is that those wells are actually managed by KenGen. I am not misleading the House. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was thought prudent that the wells that were drilled by KenGen should be equipped by KenGen because KenGen regenerates power; they harness steam and convert it to energy. The other thing is that when the GDC has wells, they generate the power and sell it to KenGen. So, we are avoiding one step. The generation can just be done straight by KenGen. So, the money which is being sought is for equipping those wells to generate 280 megawatts. The wells were even drilled prior to the establishment of the GDC. Remember they were saying that ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the GDC was formed, in fact, the funding from Government which was availed hitherto to KenGen was not forthcoming as required. KenGen is 70 per cent owned by the Government and 30 per cent owned by private investors. So, they borrowed, and those assets are actually in their books. However, for any new drilling, it was thought that we now use the GDC. But for the drilling which has been done prior to the coming into the force of the GDC, it was thought--- This is the discussion we are having with the Departmental Committee ... view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the wells are part of the capitalization of the 70 per cent owned by the Government. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is done 100 per cent by the Government. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: In KenGen, it is shown that those assets are actually part of the 70 per cent, which is owned by the Government. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, will I seek your guidance because the matter we are discussing is coming before this House. The Member is anticipating the debate that is going to come. We are now discussing Sessional paper which was tabled, but it is yet to be on the Order Paper of the House. I am discussing about shortages. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question from hon. Langat was that the Minister for Finance was going to bring a request to this House for Kshs45 billion. In fact, we are anticipating debate. I do not think it is fair for us to defer the statement. Let us wait for the Motion to come to the floor of the House. This was a supplementary question asked by a Member. It was not the main subject of my statement. view
• 17 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have called out several Questions but the Questioners are not here to ask them. Can the same be done to them also? view