Prof. Samuel Poghisio

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is correct. When the Chair ordered that the answer was not satisfactory in the first instance I tried to go and make it more satisfactory. The second time the Member was still not satisfied with it and the Chair again ruled that it be taken back and be answered a third time. This is now the third time and I was going to try my best to make it the last time. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is correct. When the Chair ordered that the answer was not satisfactory in the first instance I tried to go and make it more satisfactory. The second time the Member was still not satisfied with it and the Chair again ruled that it be taken back and be answered a third time. This is now the third time and I was going to try my best to make it the last time. view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for the opportunity and to understand that it is not very easy to satisfy the Chair and, therefore, I will try my best. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the first part asking why Safaricom is charging citizens residing in parts of the Member’s constituency international rates for calling, I would like to reply in this way. I will try and make it easier. First of all, it is not Safaricom charging and secondly, these are not international rates. These are roaming rates. There is a difference between the two. The roaming rates are ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for the opportunity and to understand that it is not very easy to satisfy the Chair and, therefore, I will try my best. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the first part asking why Safaricom is charging citizens residing in parts of the Member’s constituency international rates for calling, I would like to reply in this way. I will try and make it easier. First of all, it is not Safaricom charging and secondly, these are not international rates. These are roaming rates. There is a difference between the two. The roaming rates are ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, your handset is the one that receives it and declares that it is Uganda. At that particular moment, the charges are not Safaricom charges. They are internationally recognized roaming charges. Therefore, at that particular time, you should go to your phone and search manually if there is another network. Move from that network and go to a properly established network in Kenya. Go manually and search for Safaricom or Airtel and then change it in your phone. That is what we need to educate our people on and that is where lack of knowledge causes our people ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, your handset is the one that receives it and declares that it is Uganda. At that particular moment, the charges are not Safaricom charges. They are internationally recognized roaming charges. Therefore, at that particular time, you should go to your phone and search manually if there is another network. Move from that network and go to a properly established network in Kenya. Go manually and search for Safaricom or Airtel and then change it in your phone. That is what we need to educate our people on and that is where lack of knowledge causes our people ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the case of the FM radio stations, for example, the West FM which is based in Webuye is picked as far as Mbale in Uganda. It is consumed in Uganda because these are signals. The question that is being asked is why Safaricom is charging international rates. It is not true that Safaricom is charging international rates. It is just that your handset has picked these international calls across the border and we must do something about it. That is what we need to move to. As to part “b”; what measure the Minister is taking ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the case of the FM radio stations, for example, the West FM which is based in Webuye is picked as far as Mbale in Uganda. It is consumed in Uganda because these are signals. The question that is being asked is why Safaricom is charging international rates. It is not true that Safaricom is charging international rates. It is just that your handset has picked these international calls across the border and we must do something about it. That is what we need to move to. As to part “b”; “what measure the Minister is taking ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, maybe, I should just assure the hon. Member that since we share in this boat, the Minister is working very hard to save us from those situations. That is why I am saying that we are entering into negotiations to end this problem. The Member for Butula is concerned about his people, and is also sympathising with Kenyans in the Kacheliba, Namanga and other places; we just have to find a way of manually moving our phones from roaming. The choices are to move or not to move. If you do not move, you pay the charges. ... view
• 8 Sep 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, maybe, I should just assure the hon. Member that since we are in this boat, the Minister is working very hard to save us from those situations. That is why I am saying that we are entering into negotiations to end this problem. The Member for Butula is concerned about his people, and is also sympathising with Kenyans in the Kacheliba, Namanga and other places; we just have to find a way of manually moving our phones from roaming. The choices are to move or not to move. If you do not move, you pay the charges. ... view