Eng Mohammed Maalim Mahamud

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government has not attached Mr. Devani’s properties, because up to now we are not sure we are to blame. We cannot attach the properties. Property that was in our custody, but which belonged to other people, disappeared. This was exactly the mistake of our people. These people are being taken to court. We have to establish whether the quantities being claimed by the other parties that have gone to court are correct or not. So, there is a big process going on. So, it is not prudent to proceed and attach the properties of ... view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: As hon. Members are aware, Kenya has a very limited access to electricity, less than 20 per cent because of our limited generation capacity. Over the years, we have been able to invest in plant power generation projects, transmission or distribution projects. We have also not been able to invest in geothermal resource which we have enough potential. In this Budget, we are proposing to invest in geothermal exploration and drilling some ten wells to generate about 140 megawatts by the year 2012. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in terms of transmission, Members are aware that the Government recently formed the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETC) which will basically deal with only transmission which was hitherto being done by the Kenya Power and lighting Company (KPLC), which was really overburdened. As I said about geothermal exploration, we have enough potential and I think we will be able to move fast with the help of this Parliament, so that we generate more capacities. I do not have to repeat the areas that have been mentioned by hon. Minister. We are determined to accelerate coverage of electricity ... view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the petroleum subsector, Members are aware of the limitation on capacity of the pipeline from Mombasa to Nairobi and also the pipeline from Nairobi to Eldoret. There are plans by the Ministry to duplicate the pipeline from Nairobi to Eldoret and also enhance the capacity of the pipeline from Nairobi. Of course, the current problems we have at Kipevu and the limit in capacity will also need to be enhanced. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on oil exploration, we expect the first exploration borehole to be drilled by third quarter of this year. This will actually tell us whether we have oil in this country. That will actually help us not to depend too much on oil imports from other parts of the world and have our own source of oil. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding the alternative energy, that is, renewable energy we have intensified our activities in trying to explore the possibility of enhancing wind energy. There are programmes of getting wind energy. We have identified projects somewhere in Marsabit and therefore we shall be able to enhance the capacity of electricity generation from other sources. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, energy is actually a basic need for now. We cannot develop this country without accessing energy. Our capacity of 1,200 megawatts is nothing. It is time we invested in electricity generation. We should also invest in transmission and expand other sources of energy. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to second. view
• 30 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. First of all, I would like to thank all hon. Members for their contribution and encouragement that they have given us, as a Ministry. I would like also to thank the Committee on Energy, Communication and Information, under the able chairmanship of Eng. Rege, for the wonderful work they have been doing and commitment they have shown in working with us in doing leadership to this sector. I also thank them for their support and constructive criticism at all times. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do realize that the allocation ... view