Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 17231 to 17240 of 17799.

• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand to support this Motion. A Human Rights Commission is an important institution in the social economic and political development of any nation. A time has come for us to walk the talk. We must defend the human rights of our people. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Days are gone when human rights organizations used to be like an NGO. They used to be like an arm of the civil society. They used to be an arm of the donor community. We want to establish a human rights organization, or Commission that lives up to the Constitution and implementation of the Bill of Rights. view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am coming from a background where for many years, in many successive governments - the Government of the first President, the view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will use the three minutes given to me by the Minister. First of all, I want to thank Dr. Otichilo, who is an expert in this area. I will give three reasons as to why I support this Motion. I think the Kenyan foreign policy is wanting. How we relate with our neighbours in terms of social, political and environmental issues, and the implications of those issues, is wanting. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, why do we support this Motion? We are thinking in terms of the water levels of the lake dropping by ... view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the work done, in terms of percentage, is 32 per cent. The period is about nine weeks and the contract period was 52 weeks. The amount that has so far been paid to the contractor is Kshs25,535,158. I table the progress report for the construction of the slaughter house. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have tabled the progress report which was prepared by the Ministry of Public Works. The project commencement date was 13th June, 2011. The contract period was 52 weeks and the completion date will be 12th June, 2012. The contract sum is Kshs122,099,741. The amount so far given is Kshs25,535,158. The project total works of 52 weeks is 100 per cent and, so far, the works physically completed is 32 per cent. That is equivalent to the amount paid. I have laid the report on the Table. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that the public stands to lose a lot of money if the construction of the recently started Isiolo abattoir is not immediately stopped, re- evaluated and re-tendered. The reason why I am stating the above is because the procuring entity followed all the laid down rules and regulations as stipulated in the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: The procurement unit under my Ministry and those in Isiolo District requested authority for restricting tendering to the District Tender Committee as provided for in Section 73(2)(b) of the Act which states as follows:- “Procurement entity may use restricted tendering under the following circumstances; where the limitation of time exists and when the works are of specialized nature that requires experts to undertake.” The procurement entity received the designs and the Bills of Quantities in the month of May, 2011, from the Ministry of Public Works. This was very close to the end of the financial year and, therefore, there ... view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: The Procurement unit relied on Section 32 of the Act which allows the use results of a prequalification procedure used by another public entity. To this effect, the unit used a list of pre-qualified building contractors in the current register maintained by the Ministry of Public Works. The procurement unit sent bids to ten pre-qualified bidders and out of the ten, nine responded. The bids for the respondents were opened in the presence of the bidders or their representatives and they all signed the attendance list. The nine bids were then subjected to technical evaluation based on the Bill of ... view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry does not intend to stop the implementation of the project because the tendering project was done in accordance with the provisions of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act and my Ministry signed a contract with the winning firm. Furthermore, the contractor has already done a substantial amount of work on the project and any attempt to cancel the contract will result in the Ministry being sued for breach of the same said contract. view