19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the bid was open. It was an international bid. So, everyone who was interested in doing so, could bid. In the past three years, the Government through the NOCK, has been trying very hard to increase our market share to enable us to have the critical mass to carry out and achieve the mandate of the NOCK. In 2004, the NOCK had a market share of one per cent. Now it has got five per cent. So, the Government is trying. The bid was open. We bid, but being an open tender and this being a ...
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19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member should be aware that there are quite a number of players in the oil marketing field who are Kenyans. Apart from the multinationals which are Kobil, Total, Caltex and Kenol, we have Kenyan firms which include: Gapco, Haas, National Oil, Fosil, Dalbit, Gulf Oil Company, Pakari and Engen, among others. The percentage share of Total Kenya is about 19 per cent now. Kenol/Kobil is about 15 per cent. So, the greater part is actually owned by Kenyans. It is not true that the Government is not trying to create a level playing field ...
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19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it did not start yesterday. We are in a different position from where we were some time back. I assure the House that the Government has over the past few years tried to level the playing field. In the past, oil companies here used to import oil left, right and centre and charge any price they wanted. Now, we have the OTS system and a lot is being done. All these small companies I mentioned came to play in this sector. Three years ago, the situation was not the same. I assure the House that we ...
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19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will not get away with it as Mr. Mungatana said. It is true that when the price of oil went out of hand, we came up with a proposal for price control. However, we were stopped by the National Economic Council from implementing it. We have that proposal. If the Government gives us the go ahead, we will do so.
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19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have not sold the oil refinery. We had 50 per cent share before and we maintain the same shares. I do not agree with the Member that we sold the oil refinery.
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19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said, we have not sold---
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19 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I understand. Yes, we sold it. This is nothing new! We had 50 per cent of the shares before and we maintained the 50 per cent. It is only the shareholders that changed.
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4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, last week you directed that I table all the criminal and the civil cases pertaining to the Triton saga. I do hereby table the following cases. The Kenya Anti- Corruption Case No.18; Criminal Case No.103/09; Criminal Case No.1150/09 and Criminal Case No. 1151/09. I also submit a report arising from the operation of the Triton account at the Kenya Pipeline Corporation. These are High Court Case No.68 of 2009 - Milimani; High Court Case No.196 of 2009 - Milimani; High Court Case No.19 of 2009 - Milimani; High Court Case No.115 of 2009 - Milimani; ...
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4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Criminal Case No.1151 is against Messrs. Jagnesh Devani, Kilonzo Julius, Colins Otieno and others. So, it is not true that Mr. Divani is not charged. The KPC Limited has not taken anybody to court. The KPC Limited is defending itself against mistakes done by its staff. So, all the cases have been filed by various parties, and the KPC Limited is a defendant.
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4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have tabled the documents. I need your direction because the idea of tabling the documents on these court cases was for your ruling as to whether we can proceed to discuss this matter.
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