Hon. William Kipkemoi Kisang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Communications (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.20 of 2019) sponsored by Hon. Elisha Odhiambo was read the First Time on 25th September 2019 and referred to my Committee. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: As a Committee, in considering the Bill, we carried out an extensive public participation. An advertisement was put in the… view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This is especially according to your age and mine. An advertisement was put in the daily newspapers on 18th October 2019 to invite the public to give their views. By close of business, we got four entities that submitted the memoranda and they were: Content Development and Intellectual Property Trust (CODE-IP), Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET), Jamii Telecommunications and the Communication Authority (CA) of Kenya. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: There are a few amendments to this Bill. In Clause 2, the Member is proposing an amendment so that telecommunication companies running other businesses like financial services be split. I want to report to the House that the Companies Act No.17 of 2015 allows registered companies to carry out any other legal business other than what they have in the articles. The Companies Act is very clear, you can undertake any business. For example, if you register a company to do construction there is no law that stops you from doing any other business, so long as you get licences ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: We want to report to the House that the Communications Authority (CA) is in the third phase of ensuring that the underserved areas, especially the five counties of Isiolo, Mandera, Wajir, Marsabit and Turkana and others are covered. There is ongoing work where the major four operators in the country are to ensure that if a tower is built, sharing of towers has been made mandatory by the regulator. During the Committee of the whole House, we said we are going to bring some amendments to ensure that we do not punish people for doing good business. Since the last ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I know there are many companies in the country like the East African Breweries Limited (EABL), that have been doing business for a long time and they are not a monopoly. There are many other entities that have come up and have competed. In this sector, by the time we were doing the inquiry, one of the operators was commanding a market share of 14 per cent. Currently, that operator has moved from 14 per cent to about 35 per cent. Basically, the market will level itself and we will be asking Members to support our amendments. We will also ... view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support. We will be proposing amendments during the Committee of the whole House. Thank you. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: I do not know if the Member will allow me to inform him. view
• 4 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to join my colleagues in supporting this Report of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I want to thank them for according us time. We were there the whole of Friday and as you heard, they left at around 2.00 a.m. It looks like the National Treasury has not understood the Information, Communication Technology (ICT) sub-sector very well. This sector is the enabler and engine that is helping all the other sectors function. But when it comes to funding you will realise this is one of the sub-sectors that is ... view