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• 28 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I listened to the Assistant Minister very carefully as he enumerated the long-term measures. Apart from wind and geothermal power, the sun is another important asset and source of electricity. The sun will always be with us! Gas can get finished. We have to look for wind in areas like Turkana. But the sun will always be there. What programmes do you have to harness solar energy and help homes and, therefore, cut down the use of the other power that you are generating? view
• 26 Jul 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is actually surprising for the Assistant Minister to say that he is not aware. Has he spoken even to Safaricom before he came here to give this answer? When you get to the border, it immediately becomes a roaming facility. So, you are not only charged international rates, but you are also charged roaming facilities on your phone. Just check with Safaricom what happens. Could he work with Safaricom to ensure that the border areas have sufficient and strong communication machines to ensure that our phones remain on local networks? view
• 16 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I heard the Minister say that the matter has now been referred to the police to investigate. He has also talked about rogue officers in the department. How will the police investigate when the rogue officers are still on their desks doing their job? How will the police get the chance to investigate those officers? I thought the Minister would tell us that he will make sure that the rogue officers are out so that investigations can take place effectively. view
• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am actually surprised that the Prime Minister is giving a long lecture on accountability yet he is the supervisor and co- ordinator of Government Ministries. Could he stand up and tell us when he is going to take action against the perpetrators of this rot? Is he waiting until he consults his co- Principal before he takes action? What is happening? view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Question. It is actually cross-cutting. It is not just the Ministry of Roads, but also the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development and the Ministry of Local Government should be involved. Could the Assistant Minister tell us whether the Government has a strategy to work together with all these Ministries to ensure that they do not just improve the roads, but perhaps, to also introduce other modes of transport to ensure that we reduce traffic jams that exist in the town? view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, part of the indiscipline is when these buses are driven over pavements. Could the Assistant Minister consider changing the law to ensure that there are stiff penalties meted out to the drivers who drive on pavements? The law should also ensure that the owners of the buses are fined as well. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank the Prime Minister for the platitudes he has give about the economy. My worry, however, is that the shilling is currently weakening very heavily. The CBK seems to be unable to do anything about the weakening shilling, and this is hurting the economy on the one hand. On the other hand, banks lend at very high interest rates but on deposits they give very low rates. This, obviously, is affecting the economy. What is the Government doing about this situation? view
• 10 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance:- (a) whether he is aware that commercial banks are taking deposits at less than 2% and lending at over 12 per cent; (b) whether he is further aware the practice is discouraging both depositors and borrowers and hence hampering economic development and, if so, what measures the Government will take to ensure that the above situation is rectified; and, (c) whether he could also explain why efforts by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to persuade commercial banks to reduce their lending rates has not been successful. view
• 10 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in view of the fact that persuading the banks has not yielded any results; the banks seem to have ignored the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) completely. So that we do not bring back the Donde Bill, that is the in duplum rule, what is he planning to do? He should set the ceilings through the CBK and ensure the penalties for not keeping up the ceilings are very high for the commercial banks to do what the CBK is saying. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Attorney General the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Could the Attorney-General provide details of corruption cases that the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) has investigated and forwarded to the Attorney- General for direction since the appointment of the current Director? (b) How many of these cases has the Attorney-General approved for prosecution, rejected and/ or returned to the Commission and why? view