Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1751 to 1760 of 1775.

• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Now that every time we ask for Ministerial Statements the only person who appears to be in this House to respond on behalf of the Government is the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, would I be in order to request that the structure of the Government changes, so that the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs can be taking charge of Ministerial Statements as Ministers take charge of other matters? view
• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to support the issue of reforms in the telecommunications sector. At the moment, the number of subscribers in this sector is approaching 15 million. We have about 11 million Safaricom subscribers and almost 4 million Celtel subscribers. When the Kenya Communications Act, No.2 of 1998, came into operation, the number of subscribers was hardly two million. So, the Act was designed to take care of hardly two million subscribers. Today, we are talking about 15 million subscribers. Bearing in mind that we are expecting some new players in the market, there ... view
• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The report that the Minister is alluding to--- He is the one who is being discussed; how can he talk about a report discussing himself? view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the Minister for Energy the following Question by Private Notice. (a) Is the Minister aware that the price of premium petrol in Nairobi and most other parts of the country is retailing at around Kshs100 per litre, while it is retailing at around Kshs93 per litre in the Mount Kenya Region, giving a difference of about Kshs7 per litre? (b) Could the Minister explain this discrepancy---? view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had not finished reading out the Question. (b) Could the Minister explain this discrepancy and state the steps he is taking to ensure harmony in the pricing of petrol and other related products? view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Assistant Minister started off by talking about these cartels' behaviour. I am sure that what this House and country would not like to hear is about the issue of cartels. What is the Ministry doing to get rid of the issue of cartels in the oil industry? Secondly, going by the explanation given by the Assistant Minister, I would imagine that if we go by economies of scale, fuel in Nairobi should be cheaper than fuel in the Mount Kenya region. When I brought this Question to the House, the price of super petrol was retailing ... view
• 25 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, considering the fact that recently, we passed the Consumer Protection Bill in this House, and taking into account the role the Government is supposed to be playing in protecting its citizens, could the Ministry consider re-introducing regulation because of the unscrupulous manner in which oil companies operate? view
• 24 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I sought the Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Transport because of a grave matter concerning the accident that occurred recently, where we lost two hon. Members of this house. We had an assurance from the Government Business twice that she was going to ensure that the Minister would come to respond. Going by the ruling you made last week, I think it is time you made a further ruling on the role the Ministers are supposed to play in this House. I will leave that to you! view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 19 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Gumo is a Cabinet Minister. Is he in order to say that nobody bothers and yet he is in the Cabinet? view