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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
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    "content": "billion. The initial budget was between Kshs7 billion and Kshs10 billion. How come we are comfortable with the current tender of Kshs18.78 billion when the previous one of Kshs17.2 billion was cancelled for inflation by over 100 per cent? The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) was operationalised in October, 2012. There is also the decision by the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to reinstate and fast-track Tender No.OOP/NSCC/2011-2012. After the National Police Service Commission had been operationalised, it violated Section 20 of the National Police Service Act, 2011, which states that before the commencement of each financial year, the NPSC shall cause to be prepared estimates of revenue and expenditure of the Commission for the year, making provisions for estimated expenditure of the Commission for the financial year concerned; creation of such funds to meet future and contingent liabilities in respect of benefits, insurance, replacement of buildings, installations and equipment et cetera . The NPSC was supposed to provide a budget in respect of such matters as it may think fit, but this was not done. From the foregoing, it is clear that the Government of the Republic of Kenya had tried to procure the system, but it was unable to do so due to corruption amongst its officials. Those are not unforeseeable circumstances as per Section 74(3) (c) of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005. M/s ZTE (Kenya) Limited, which won a similar bid two years ago, had quoted Kshs17.7 billion for CCTV surveillance system to cover Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru. This included a tracking radio system, a command and control system and anti-microwave transmission network for all the 47 counties. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the quotation by M/s ZTE was based on 3G Network, which could later be scaled to an LTE network. The system being provided by Safaricom is based on an eLTE network, but it will only cover Nairobi and Mombasa. Although the Committee says that there is provision for extension, the company has stated that scaling up the system to the remaining 45 counties would require an additional Kshs21.5 billion. This brings the total cost of rolling out the network to cover the entire nation to about Kshs40 billion against M/s ZTE’s total cost of Kshs17 billion, which is inclusive of annual maintenance cost. This remains an estimate owing to the fact that it is not part of the tendered scope of works. The estimates and related costs are subject to change, depending on specific requirements of Nairobi’s policing services. One of the reasons as to why I oppose is that Safaricom has said that it will partner with Huawei, which lost the tender to ZTE. Safaricom has not installed such network in any other country that we know of. Therefore, they are not qualified. I oppose because as hon. Nkaisserry has said, due diligence was not done. The worst part is that this was done through single-sourcing. In this age and time, unless we are dealing with a specialised area, it is not good to encourage people to single-source. We should go to open tendering, so that the procurement can be transparent and competitive, so that we can get value for money. This particular deal is shrouded in secrecy. The first role of the National Assembly is to oversee the National Government’s Executive. I smell a rat in this deal. In order for the National Assembly to save taxpayers’ money, we should have this deal looked at afresh. Let all the safeguards and mechanisms for fairness in awarding this tender be put in place, so that Kenyans can get value for 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."
}