Prof. Samuel Poghisio

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1531 to 1540 of 3241.

• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there must be a better way of raising capital than to count on poles. I believe that the poles would be the lowest source of that capital. Besides, as I have said, they are old and some of them have been standing there for a long time. They are being removed to get rid of the sour picture that the empty poles without proper wires are posing to the country. Probably, I should ask that if the Member has any interest in the matter, he should declare it so that we could know what it is ... view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to mislead the House that I have referred to the poles as rubbish and yet, those are his words? I have not used the word. Is that parliamentary language, really? view
• 11 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the 3rd of August 2011, Mr. Mohammed Affey sought a Ministerial Statement from my Ministry on the undue termination of contractual agreements for 27 authorized dealers of Safaricom, given some names there including Winsop Agencies, Laiser Communications, Ayun Communications and Tarak Limited among others, by Safaricom Limited. He requested that I should explain a number of things. After consulting with the Member and showing that the matter is of serious concern to the dealers whose contracts had been terminated and also understanding that these are contractual agreements with Safaricom, I would request a further two ... view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if we can just ask for your indulgence on the matter, so that maybe during the second round he might be here. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have to find out where the Minister is and if not--- view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will communicate to my colleague. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will bring this Ministerial Statement on Thursday next week. view
• 24 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, the Government intends to dispose of a parcel of land owned by Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK) situated in Kilimani in Nairobi to Ms. Bharti and IBM Companies to build their headquarters for their operations in Africa. This is because PCK is in need of the money to restructure its operations and reduce its personal liabilities. My Ministry proposes to sell the land in accordance with the Public Procurement and Disposal Act of 2005. However, I am also alive to the fact that the Government policy is to attract foreign investment ... view
• 24 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a subject of debate as to whether we feel we complied or not. We think we have followed every step as allowed in the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. I think if you look at it, it allows for this kind of situation where an international investor would come to the country and ask to be given land. Then it would go through the normal process of making sure that the land is valued. The Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Lands and the PCK Board have agreed on the same. So, we think that according ... view
• 24 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, even in the Act, you will not find it necessary to do that. The procedure mostly is that if the board concurs and the Ministry of Finance and Treasury concur--- That is where the money goes through. After that, the process is basically done. What happens is that if there are any questions asked by the Director of Public Procurement on the matter, we deal with them. We can then go back and discuss with them. If there is any legal matter that needs to be addressed, then we seek the Attorney-General’s guidance on the matter. But ... view