Prof. Samuel Poghisio

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1451 to 1460 of 3241.

• 16 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 16 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at the results that I have tabled carefully, they are not just figures but explanations as well. So, I am hoping that the explanations are within the results. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the penalties, the three as indicated for each of those are Safaricom, Yu Mobile and Orange Mobile. They did not achieve the targets in the years before. For each, a letter was written and penalties of up to Kshs500,000 have been levied. My information is that CCK has been paid by the companies that did not comply. view
• 16 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, of course, if the hon. Member is addressing the Chair, those accusations should be coming to the Chair and not me. But in case they are coming to me, I would say that I am not part of the ripping off. The regulator is a product of this House, created by an Act of Parliament. The regulator has set a limit for those who do not comply with the quality of service. The quality of service did not include the ripping off. The quality of service parameters are the ones given in my report. It has nothing ... view
• 16 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that question is very pertinent. The hon. Member is asking a very--- view
• 16 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was responding to the question about--- view
• 16 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was answering a question by the Member for Isiolo South. The question is pertinent and has to do with coverage. Part of the failures of those mobile operators, apart from the service provided in those areas where they are covered, is the failure to extend their services to areas far from our main cities. These issues are being debated everyday. We have just formed the universal service fund, which is going to charge these operators a certain percentage of their income, so that for areas where they cannot reach, that fund will now be used to ... view
• 16 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a consumer and as part of the regulatory framework in the Ministry, we are going to begin to address these issues with the individual companies. They are supposed to be giving us a report on the improvements they have made. So, if there are any improvements made, we will probably bring amendments to the Act, so that we can have stiffer penalties for those who do not comply. I agree with the Members that these operators make money on the basis that the people expect better quality of services. So, because of our consumer behavior, a ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, mine is simply to support the Procedural Motion. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, straightforward as it may be, I have to appeal to hon. Members to have the same understanding that it is important to shorten the time for purposes of compliance. So, this is basically to appeal to all colleagues that we support this shortening of the time, for purposes of being effective and also efficient. That just makes us read faster and, probably, do focus groups and understand better. I do not think that there is any mischief intended. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do support. view