Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1471 to 1480 of 2568.

• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Therefore, in our opinion, this was a well orchestrated programme that was meant to benefit certain cartels who wanted to rip off and kill this very important institution called the NCPB. We are going to demonstrate that when the operations of the NCPB were grounded, the same individuals and their associates applied to the Ministry of Agriculture to have the same organization privatised and commercialised, so that they could buy it at a throw-away price. The Committee has since asked the Ministry of Agriculture not to go ahead and commercialise the NCPB until these issues are sorted out. That is ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Secondly, you have indicated in your letter that the tenderers are awaiting Letters of Credent (LCs) by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) in order to commence the importation.” view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the gist of this crisis is the opening of the LCs. An LC is an internationally recognised financial instrument that guarantees a transaction. In our opinion, the indication that the tenderers were waiting for the opening of LCs was, in itself, an illegality. Anybody who is familiar with the statutory financial regulations will agree with us because an LC is normally provided by whoever is going to supply goods and services. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: In other words, you have a business cartel that has applied to supply maize, and the same cartel is asking the Government to open an LC; the other bureaucrats had agreed but Permanent Secretary, Mr. Kinyua, came out and said that, that was an illegality. That was the departing point among the three trustees at that particular time. This leads to the question: Who was doing the actual importation of maize? Was it the NCPB or the tenderers? This was the question that was posed by Permanent Secretary, Mr. Kinyua. If it was the tenderers on behalf of the NCPB, ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: He says:- “You ought to know that, in the past, the Government has lost a lot of money in similar circumstances. The case of Mr. Somaia and the National Bank of Kenya (NBK), purchase of the London look taxis demonstrates this point. The Treasury, as custodian of public funds, should not knowingly allow this to happen.” This is one of the trustees. He says:- “The NCPB should certify that the maize is of good quality and quantity is right before paying. If the tenderers cannot afford to finance the purchase of maize, or such basic costs as LCs, you should ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The letter reads:- view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: “In the meantime, the Treasury wishes to assure you of its commitment to avail resources required to finance the approval of purchase of relief maize. In this regard, the Treasury will arrange a release of Kshs1.5 billion in the course of the weeks as we await to receive your firm procurement schedule; this is part of the funds required for this part. You are, however, strongly advised that payments to tenderers should be made only on delivery and confirmation that the imported maize meets the requirements as specified in the tender.” view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I am a bit surprised that the media did not highlight the contents of this letter; it forms the basis of the disagreements between different players in this saga. I want to take this opportunity to say that if many civil servants, or technocrats, would have been as diligent as Mr. Kinyua – and this was almost ten years ago – I think this scandal, and many other scandals, would have been avoided. For purposes of the media, and Members who are here, I wish to table this, although it is part of the report, since it ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: When the tendering process commenced, this company, along with other companies, was given an opportunity to supply what it had actually requested to supply. The procurement process was shortened from 42 to seven days in order to give an opportunity--- Drought had already been declared as a national disaster; we eventually proved that, indeed, that was not the case. How do you declare drought in the month of August and at the end of September, you say that there is a bumper harvest? Was it GMO maize? How fast did that maize grow? What happened? It grew within 30 days? ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Even against the advice by the Permanent Secretary, Treasury, the procurement process continued and this company was given an opportunity to supply the maize. This company offered to supply 20,000 metric tonnes of maize. There was a technical evaluation committee before the main tender committee and an inter-agency committee at the NCPB. The technical evaluation committee recommended, notwithstanding the other earlier deficiency, lack of qualification and financial probability that this company be allowed to import 20,000 metric tonnes of maize. view