Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second that The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bills No.32 of 2021) be now read a Second Time. This is an important Bill that seeks to amend areas that have been causing a lot of inconveniences because of many processes for people or procurement entities. There are many procedures and hindrances that this amendment Bill seeks to address. This is a National Assembly Bill with specific areas that need to be amended. This is critical because it will create efficiency. It seeks to amend specific sections of the Act to ... view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: Starting with Clause 2, we have some definitions that are important. For example, it explains who a procurement professional is. It is clear that any procurement or supply chain professional body should be recognized in Kenya. This expands the scope of a procurement professional, and that is key. In Paragraph (b), it seeks to insert various definitions that will help to make it easier to follow procurement processes. For example, we have complex and specialized contracts, which means contracts that include procurement where the terms and conditions of an agreement are different from standard commercial terms and conditions. That will ... view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: Clause 9(2) states as follows- “Where an authorized person is refused entry or is prevented from entering premises, a magistrate may, on application by the Authority, issue a warrant authorizing the Police to enter the premises, using such force as may be reasonably necessary and to conduct the search and obtain the required information.” This is one area where you could find contradicting information, for example, even in terms of the capacity of the procurement entities or items that they have. If we do not allow people to go into certain premises to get the information, it can take a ... view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: It is important to realize that when it comes to procurement, both non-professionals and local contractors are key. If we do not have regulations or legislation in place, it will be difficult for them. Again, the Director-General will play an important role of investigating irregularities. With a magistrate’s order, investigations can be done, so that we know the truth. That is important because there will be no delays working on a contract. Once a contract is deemed viable, it will be given out. These clauses will ensure that if there is any investigation matter, it will not be left to ... view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: the 30 per cent procurement awards that target women and youth. Without such training and exposure, it becomes very difficult for them to get these opportunities. Once this procurement plans have been submitted to the procuring entity, the National Treasury publishes and publicizes the procurement plan as invitation to trade in the state tender portal. This makes it very transparent. Once you have been invited to tender or procure, this then goes into the State tender plan. This will largely reduce the level of secrecy and lack of understanding. Most of the time, people say that they qualified for a ... view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: When this becomes public, everybody is able to see how the tender documents look like, and this cannot be changed. For avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this sub-section shall apply. That is, the regulations that have been put into place to ensure the transparency of these tenders is enhanced at the various stages. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Bill has various clauses. All in all, as the Mover of this Bill said, it is really to create efficiency of public service and in the process of procurement. It is meant to encourage, enhance and almost create a burst in terms ... view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: (16) The Authority shall issue written directions and guidelines governing the reporting requirements for use of alternative selection methods by the accounting officers of procuring entities.” This is important especially when deviation is done and alternate methods are used as a selection method by accounting officers. It is very important to have this written and these guidelines put into place, so that one person is not held responsible. This is the work of the Authority. The head of the Authority will have to issue written direction and guidelines governing the reporting, and requirements for use of alternative selection when it ... view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Under this clause, it says any variation of a contract shall only be considered if the following are satisfied. I think this is very important. We are Kenyans and we know ourselves. Where variation is introduced without putting boundaries for it, before you know about it, it becomes an issue itself. Clause 31 is a well thought out clause because it explain the purposes of price variation from the original price. For example, if you have already quoted one price, then you can say, “petrol cost went up, or there was a war that happened ... view
• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: There has to be some justification from the original prices based on prevailing consumer price index obtained by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics; the quality- quantity variation for goods does not exceed 15 per cent. That is the capping so that you do not have an open-ended quality-quantity variation. For example, if you had requested for 30 bags of a particular product and now you are varying it up to more than the 15 per cent, that will not be acceptable. It should not exceed more than 15 per cent. So, the variation should be within limits plus or ... view