Aden Bare Duale

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4521 to 4530 of 17810.

• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I beg to support. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Government Contracts Bill (National Assembly Bill No.9 of 2018) be read a Second Time. The current Government Contracts Act became operational on 1st July 1957, when the Republic of Kenya was a colony. Since then, the Act has undergone a number of revisions and amendments. So, this Act refers to the colony and protectorate in its current form. It still preserves all contracts that were entered into on behalf of the colonial power then. Since the enactment of this Act, so many changes have taken place in terms of legislation and governance. ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: legislation. That was in order to conform to the current Constitution. So, the Bill before the House, which is the Government Contracts (Amendment) Bill, is one of the pending laws or legislations that have not been reviewed to be in tandem with the Constitution and other relevant laws. What is the principal objective of this piece of legislation? This is a Government Bill adopted by the Cabinet and forwarded to Parliament by the Attorney-General of the Republic of Kenya. The principal objective of this Bill, as presented before the House, is to repeal and re- enact the Government Contracts Act ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: All Government Ministries, departments and agencies or otherwise as they may be specified in the authorization documentation of Government, must comply with this law if the House agrees with it and the President assents it into law. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 7 of the Bill contains proposals to address Government contracts entered into with county governments. Being another level of Government, county governments must also comply with this law when it is enacted, signed and assented to by the President. The clause provides that all contracts made in Kenya on behalf of a county government, must be made in the name of that county government and signed by all accounting officers. Of course in our case, the accounting officers are the Principal Secretaries, Chief Executive Officers of parastatals, the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Senate in terms of ... view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 9 of the Bill provides that contracts of the performance of legal service on behalf of the national Government may be entered only under the authority of the Attorney General. This is a very important clause. It says the only office or the only person authorized to sign a contract on behalf of the national Government is the Attorney General, except contracts for Parliament and the Judiciary, because those are independent institutions and are independent arms of Government and they have their own legal departments that deal with contracts. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Sub-clause 3 provides that contracts for the performance of a legal service on behalf of county government may be entered only by or under the authority of the respective county attorney in every county. So, it is only at the county level that we are putting the requirement of the attorney. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 12 of the Bill contains terms that are deemed to be expressly set out in every contract of Government. This includes declaration that contracts shall not directly or indirectly pay a contingency fee to any individual for the solicitation, negotiation or obtaining… All those terminologies are found in this law but there must be provisions. The contract must not be contrary to the provisions of Anti- Corruption and Economic Crimes Act of 2003 and other applicable anti-corruption and anti bribery laws. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 13 states that contracts which are made after the commencement of this Act shall not be binding upon Government unless entered into in accordance with the provisions of the proposed Act. view
• 28 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 16 which is the last one in the Bill contains provisions repealing the current Government Contract Act Cap. 25 of 1957. view