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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mule",
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    "content": "to adhering to the law relating to procurement of goods and services and other laws relevant to the contract”. What does this mean? It is not a game as usual anymore for Safaricom. They need to go back to the drawing board and make sure that they integrate the entire country to the system. They should make sure that all suspicions which had been raised by the Committee are completely addressed. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say this without fear of contradiction, it is important for all Government agencies, including Ministries, to adhere to the rule of law when they are procuring. That is because at the end of the day, when it comes to us as the House, we will stick to the law which we upheld to defend - and which is the Constitution - to make sure that Kenyans get value for their money. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is important for Safaricom to know today that, as a House, we have amended this report. Recommendation No.5.4 which was done by Eng. Gumbo is that we are not looking for security for only Nairobi and Mombasa; the entire country is at a risk because if you go by the The Inside Story clips, the people who attacked Mpeketoni are clearly traced. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if the project does not cover all the 47 counties, we will not be having value for money. It is clear knowledge for anybody that when you procure goods in mass quantities, you have very competitive pricing. I believe that the cost of procuring services for only two counties might look ridiculous. If we are going to engage the whole country, we must renegotiate our deal to have value for money for the entire country. It is important for the people involved in that contract to know that they must go back to the drawing board and factor-in this august House’s amendment to this Committee Report. As a House, we are not interested with only one part of the country; we are interested in the entire country. Security is paramount to this country. We are losing a lot of money. Over the weekend, we were in Mombasa. Due to insecurity, you get into a hotel and think that you are getting into a prison. At the gate, there is an armed policeman. As you have dinner, you find that somebody is patrolling the premises, armed with an AK 47 Rifle. If you go to the beach, you find at least four police officers walking across. We need that kind of security but, surely, is this the Kenya that we want for the generations to come? Today, even Christians cannot hold a church service before each worshiper is searched outside the church premises. I have not seen anywhere in the Bible where it is alluded that when Jesus converted people into Christianity, he required armed security to do so. This is a country which has completely gone to the dogs, in terms of insecurity because of the way we have been handling our issues. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is important for all the Cabinet Secretaries and heads of various Government agencies to know that it is no longer business as usual. They should not just float tenders and assume that Members of Parliament will let it pass without scrutiny. They need to adhere to the rule of law. They should appreciate that getting value for money is important for all of us, as a country. We are interested in getting value for services to be delivered. We are not buying cameras today only for them to be changed after three years. We are buying camera for posterity. It is good that our able Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security-- - If you are going to pass on the message, it is very clear. We can invest the Kshs12.7 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."
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