Mwangi Kiunjuri

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• 26 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker Sir. Our cardinal duty to this country is to make laws, rules and regulations. What we are discussing today are regulations. If we are not satisfied with them, we could come back to this House and pass other regulations. If there is the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) petitioning, it can be done in this House. Are we in order to be discussing our irresponsibilities, not having conducted our duties, after having had four years of fighting each other, and not looking at issues that are of concern to this House and this ... view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The Gikiiro Rural Electrification Programme, which covers Gikiiro Market and Gikiiro Secondary School and Mayori Rural Electrification Programme, which covers Mayori Secondary School and Mayori Community Centre have been approved for implementation at an estimated cost of Kshs5.5 million and Kshs4.5 million respectively. Survey, design and verifications have been completed and implementation of the same is projected to be complete by December, 2006 and June, 2007 respectively. view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what we have given out is construction work which is to be done by contractors. The hon. Member, for his benefit, can come to my office and I will tell him exactly who has been awarded the tender so that he can follow up the matter with them. view
• 25 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, perhaps, when I did that the hon. Member was not present. Three or four weeks ago, I laid on the Table of this House a list containing names of all those projects that have been approved this financial year. So, the hon. Member could check with the relevant offices in Parliament. view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, it is true that the high cost of electricity installation is hindering the Rural Electrification Programme implementation to a pace consistent with Kenya's socio-economic transformation. That is because it is capital intensive and, on average, the Government spends about Kshs200,000 to extend electricity to one rural consumer. The scattered nature of the human settlements also contributes substantially to the high cost of grid extension. (b) The Ministry is in the process of reviewing the standards and mode of implementation by the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), with a view ... view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a hard decision to make. However, it is only Parliament that can bring a legislation to make sure that the KPLC does not enjoy a monopoly. view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are working hard to make sure that every Kenyan benefits. We have a special programme to make sure that the residents of North Eastern and Eastern Provinces have access to electricity either from wind and solar generations and any other available means. At the same time, we are coming up with a programme where we want to join efforts with the hon. Members from the disadvantaged areas to see how possible it is to connect electricity to those areas. view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have already started doing that. The cost is around Kshs31,000 and we know that very few Kenyans can afford to pay this amount of money. We want to have an arrangement where people can pay, at least, a deposit of Kshs10,000 and the balance is spread over a period of six months. We know that they are not comfortable with six months and we are discussing the issue to make sure that they pay the balance within 18 months. view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, like I said, we have a shortage of contractors. We are inviting more contractors to come in. The few contractors that we have, have been awarded so many projects that they are unable to manage them. I have the same problem in my constituency where a contractor has been awarded a project while he has been awarded another project in Meru and in so many other constituencies. He has been awarded more than seven projects and he is unable to implement them. The contractors will come to your constituency, put up two posts, go to another ... view
• 26 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the cost of a transformer is only applicable to owner of exclusively private lines, for example, a very big farm with only one customer. But where the line is benefiting a large number of customers, applicants are not supposed to bear the cost of the transformer. They are only supposed to pay Ksh31,000. Where for example, there are three private owners, they should share the cost of that transformer. Where there are more than 10 customers, the cost of the transformer is not applicable. They are supposed to pay Kshs31,000 for a July 26, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY ... view