Hon. William Kipkemoi Kisang

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I present the Statement by the Committee on Energy on behalf of the Chairperson, Sen. Wamatinga. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.56(1)(b) to make a Statement on the activities of the Standing Committee on Energy for the period commencing 1st July, 2023 to 29th November, 2023. During the period under review, the Committee held a total of 27 sittings, considered five Statements and concluded an inquiry into the high cost of electricity in the country. The Committee also considered two legislative proposals, one Bill and one Petition. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I present the Statement by the Committee on Energy on behalf of the Chairperson, Sen. Wamatinga. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.56(1)(b) to make a Statement on the activities of the Standing Committee on Energy for the period commencing 1st July, 2023 to 29th November, 2023. During the period under review, the Committee held a total of 27 sittings, considered five Statements and concluded an inquiry into the high cost of electricity in the country. The Committee also considered two legislative proposals, one Bill and one Petition. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the legislative proposal considered by the Committee includes the Local Content Bill which is a Committee Bill and an amendment to the Energy Act sponsored by Sen. Sifuna. The Local Content Bill, 2023 aims to create a comprehensive legal framework that will fully enhance local content in Kenya. Following deliberations of the Committee, the Committee resolved to maintain the local content at 30 per cent. The Bill is currently awaiting publishing. The Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2023 whose principal object of the Bill is to amend the Energy Act, 2019 to provide for transparency in Energy purchase agreements. ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the legislative proposal considered by the Committee includes the Local Content Bill which is a Committee Bill and an amendment to the Energy Act sponsored by Sen. Sifuna. The Local Content Bill, 2023 aims to create a comprehensive legal framework that will fully enhance local content in Kenya. Following deliberations of the Committee, the Committee resolved to maintain the local content at 30 per cent. The Bill is currently awaiting publishing. The Energy (Amendment) Bill, 2023 whose principal object of the Bill is to amend the Energy Act, 2019 to provide for transparency in Energy purchase agreements. ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: (b) Statement sought by Sen. Fatuma Dullo, CBS MP on stalled rural electrification projects in Isiolo County. The Committee has written to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and is waiting for a response. (c) Statement sought by Sen. Edwine Sifuna, MP on plans by the Government to hand over the management of National Oil Corporation to a private investor. The Committee wrote to the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum seeking a response to the statement. Recently, we saw that National Oil is one of the entities that will be privatized. Mr. Speaker Sir, from the previous reporting ... view
• 29 Nov 2023 in Senate: (b) Statement sought by Sen. Fatuma Dullo, CBS MP on stalled rural electrification projects in Isiolo County. The Committee has written to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum and is waiting for a response. (c) Statement sought by Sen. Edwine Sifuna, MP on plans by the Government to hand over the management of National Oil Corporation to a private investor. The Committee wrote to the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum seeking a response to the statement. Recently, we saw that National Oil is one of the entities that will be privatized. Mr. Speaker Sir, from the previous reporting ... view
• 28 Nov 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations regarding the status of the Conditional Grants for the construction of county headquarters. In their state Committee should- (i) State the counties scheduled to receive Conditional Grant applications for the construction of the county headquarters following the completion of the construction for the current beneficiary counties; (ii) Explain the criterion used in the identification of beneficiaries’ counties; and, (iii) Elaborate on the plans in place to aid counties, including Elgeyo Marakwet County in constructing headquarters with sufficient ... view
• 23 Nov 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to make comments on the reports tabled by the Chair of County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPICSF). We want to thank Senate, in its own wisdom, when the 11th Parliament came up with the CPICSF Committee. This is because in the last two Senates, the 11th Parliament and the 12th Parliament, CPAIC focused mainly on the executive audited accounts. The special funds and water companies were left out for long without Senators going through the reports. In the last few months, we have gone through the water companies’ special funds. ... view
• 23 Nov 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to make comments on the reports tabled by the Chair of County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPICSF). We want to thank Senate, in its own wisdom, when the 11th Parliament came up with the CPICSF Committee. This is because in the last two Senates, the 11th Parliament and the 12th Parliament, CPAIC focused mainly on the executive audited accounts. The special funds and water companies were left out for long without Senators going through the reports. In the last few months, we have gone through the water companies’ special funds. ... view
• 23 Nov 2023 in Senate: independent from the county not knowing that the governors are the CEOs and they are the ones in charge of these water companies. At least we were able to help some of the counties to even dissolve boards, re- advertise and employ board of directors for the water companies and run them professionally because in the past they were not run professionally. We want to bring to the attention of the House to the issue of the water works agencies. We have regional bodies that are in charge of water and these are national water bodies. We have challenges because ... view