Mutahi Kagwe

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• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: I really sympathize with Sen. Murkomen on grounds that he wants me to simplify on something that cannot be simplified beyond there. In literature, I believe it was called onomatopoeia; it is buzzing like a bee. You cannot ask me to explain the buzzing of a bee. Technically, a set top box cannot be called anything else except a set top box. It is a small little box that you put on top of the television and it receives a digital signal instead of receiving an analogue signal. It converts an analogue signal into a digital signal. I am sure ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, with regard to Sen. Elachi’s question, this is a very important and serious matter. It is more serious than a lot of Kenyans currently appreciate. What the media houses have been complaining about – in my understanding – is that they need to get their own signal distribution licences so that they can be produce their own programmes and also distribute the signal to themselves. Only two signal distributors in Kenya have been given licences. One of them is Signet which is basically the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and the other one is Startimes. What it means ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am quite prepared to follow up on Sen. (Dr.) Machage’s request and get a list of the people who are distributing set top boxes. But let us not confuse that the set top boxes that we are talking about are the ones that people need to buy before next year. I will get him the list that he requires and table it on the Floor of the House. I also want to say that if there is anybody who is known to have applied and did not get approval, he should say so. You can only ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, I will table the list of those who have been approved. I am aware that there has been tremendous amount of publicity, all the way from 2007 and 2008, when people were told that we will need set top boxes. We were supposed to migrate on 12th December, 2012. That was the deadline that had been set. Let us also not take the role of business people. A business person who knows that the whole world is migrating by 2015 will go out of his way to find out how they can do business. ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. For the sake of HANSARD, my Chairman has just talked about an extension of six months. That is not entirely correct. He needs to make that correction. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank the Vice-Chair for her answer. I want to state my alarm at this state of affairs. You have just heard that this is a project that started in 2006 and was revived again in 2008. Meanwhile, the only single security item that is helping us, even in the Westgate affair, is the CCTVs that had been installed in that facility. The other day in Karatina, somebody captured thieves with a mobile phone video. I am convinced that somewhere along the line, we are simply not prioritising things as we should. ... view
• 24 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to ask the hon. Senator if there is any way in which part of the system can be installed now because terrorists are not going to wait until 2020. view
• 24 Oct 2013 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view