Mutahi Kagwe

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 941 to 950 of 960.

• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first and foremost, this is a matter that I would very happily want to discuss in this House and explain precisely, what the situation is. As I said, the parties involved are in court. Indeed, it is not the Government that is delaying this process, but the parties involved. The parties involved cannot agree amongst themselves. They are the ones who are litigating against each other. Therefore, it would be in our interest that this case is resolved quickly. I would like to add that the SNO that we are licensing in the very near future ... view
• 5 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just explained to the hon. Member that this is litigation that is in court between two parties who are supposed to be the shareholders of this mobile phone provider. It has got nothing to do with the Ministry and, indeed, the Ministry officials have not been sued in any court. The people who are suing each other are the mobile telephone operators' shareholders. It has got nothing to do with us as such and the delay thereof is between those parties. If it is possible, if the hon. Member so wishes, he can step ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) In the year 2004, the Government of Kenya de-gazetted Section 5(v) of the Kenya Communications Act (1998), thereby liberalising the communication sector and removing all monopoly held by Telkom (K) Ltd and, allowing more players in the market. It is true that a population that has access to affordable Information Communication Technology (ICT) services has more benefits than the one that does not. (b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, in lowering the cost, internet backbone gateway access operators, commercial VSAT operators and public data operators have been allowed to establish and operate international gateways. ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what the hon. Member is referring to is called optical cables. Those optical cables provide broad-band and bandwidth that is required for proper internet connectivity. I agree with the hon. Member that internet connectivity in this country is very slow. One of the reasons for that is the use of very small bandwidth. Indeed, we are using about 126 kilobytes in Kenya. That is against the world's usage of, at least, one megabyte. However, we are putting some measures in place. Currently, Kenya shares in a project known as the Easy Cable. It is a marine cable ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the spirit the professor has had in asking his question. Telephone booths as you know, are subject to vandalism and all sorts of security concerns. Therefore, the policy that the Government took is that instead of having internet facilities in telephone booths, we have provided the same facilities in post offices because the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has via Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) provided internet facilities even in far-flung rural areas. However, we know that the best way of doing all this is not to have internet facilities in telephone booths. The aim ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are always looking at liberalising the economy and indeed lowering the rates all over including other rates the process of liberalisation. They are under consideration. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are talking about two different technologies here which we are trying to unify into one. Telkom Kenya is going to roll out broadband wireless technology by the end of this year and that is going to be available in all areas. Indeed, we have advertised for dealers. We want to sell the facility because Telkom Kenya is going to put base stations in rural areas. So, wireless is the way we are going. However, wireless on its own without the backbone and that is the optical cable cannot have sufficient band and for that reason we ... view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this morning, Mr. Keter sought a Ministerial Statement from my Ministry regarding the airing on Radio Citizen of a broadcast on the 21st April, 2006 and 25th April, 2006 on hon. Members of Parliament. view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, attention has been drawn to the contents of Yaliyotendeka Programme hosted by one, Mr. Waweru Mburu and aired by Royal Media Services, Radio Citizen, with particular reference to the programmes of 21st April, 2006 at 8.05 p.m. and 25th April, 2006 at 6.30 a.m. The contents of the two programmes centred on the approval by Parliament--- view
• 26 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the contents of the two programmes centred on the approval by Parliament of the Supplementary Estimates. Mr. Mburu alleged in a programme, Yaliyotendeka, that hon. Members of Parliament declined to discuss and approve the said Estimates last week because of failure by the Government to increase their mileage allowances. The presenter described Parliamentarians in the most despicable, demeaning and derogatory terms. The hon. Members were variously referred to as mass murderers, greedy, selfish, gluttonous, thieves, robbers, criminals and such other unpalatable tags. view