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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the installation of CCTV security surveillance cameras has been a priority for the Government since 2006. The cameras were in line with the intended modernization of the police communication system and an adoption of new technology in policing. The National Police Service (NPS) first forwarded a proposal to procure a modern communication command and control system to the Ministry of Provincial Administration and Internal Security in April, 2006. Subsequently, a technical committee chaired by the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) with members drawn from all telecommunication service providers was formed and recommended procurement of an efficient command and control system that included a CCTV system as one of the major components for Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru and Kisumu cities. An expression of interest for the procurement of this system was advertised in the local daily newspaper on 15th and 19th February, 2008. An evaluation was done and a request for funding was forwarded to the Ministry of Finance in the Financial Year 2007/2008. However, the funding was not achieved. In June, 2010, the then Commissioner of Police forwarded a request for the procurement of a modern command and control communication system to the then Ministry of Provincial Administration and Internal Security and a proposal for funding in the Financial Year, 2010/2011 to the Ministry of Finance. However, the funds were not allocated in the annual budget to enable commencement of the procurement process. The project proposal included components of the CCTV surveillance equipment. In June, 2011 the police department forwarded another proposal for the procurement of modern communication system which included the CCTV component as a sub-system to the then Ministry of Provincial Administration and Internal Security. The Ministry initiated the process and on 3rd February, 2012, with an expression of interest restricted to Chinese firms, advertisements were made and, subsequently, tenders issued to the short-listed firms. The major components of the projects were computer aided dispatch system, wireless digital communication network, automated vehicle location system and video surveillance CCTV system. The video surveillance system was to be installed in Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru and Kisumu. Mr. Speaker, Sir, tender No.00P/CCS/2011/2012 was opened on 27th July, 2012 and an evaluation carried out in August, 2012. One of the bidders who were not successful appealed to the Public Procurement and Administration Review Board against the decision and later filed a petition in the High Court of Kenya after being unsatisfied with the ruling. The bidder finally withdrew the case in March, 2013. However, in April 2013, the Director-General, Public Procurement and Oversight Authority (PPOA) requested for the tender documents for him to undertake investigations which he returned in July, 2013. The Ministry also sought for the Attorney-General’s advice on the status of the ruling of the withdrawal of the case by the bidder. The Attorney-General has since cleared the Ministry to conclude the tender. Unfortunately, Mr. Okiya Omtata and Mr. Wycliffe Gisebi Nyakina moved to the High court accusing the Ministry of reinstating the tender that had been cancelled. The case was dismissed on 25th September, 2013. Consequently, the Ministerial Tender Committee resumed the tendering process where it adjudicated and rejected the tender on the following grounds. The financial proposal by the responsive bidder surpassed the budget by 106 per cent which is equivalent to US$106 million and the prices of some of the items in the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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