Amason Kingi

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• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not only Mtwapa Police Station that has mabati houses. Even my police officers live in such houses. That is why I have said that there is a programme in place that will address that problem. By and by, we will cover every police station in the country. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, I undertake to visit some of those police stations. Last time, I undertook to visit Rangwe Police Station and I did that. I will visit Luanda Police Station in future. PROVISION OF FUNDS FOR CONSTITUENCY OFFICES view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the officer in charge of Central Police Station, Mombasa, initially owed the police canteen operator, Mr. Ramadhan, a total of Kshs3.1 million and not Kshs1.6 million as stated by the Questioner in respect of food supplied to prisoners in police custody. (b) The Ministry has taken the following steps: During the 2005/2006 financial year, the canteen contractor was paid Kshs1.4 million. In the current financial year, that is 2006/2007, the contractor has already been paid a total of Kshs800,000. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not sure that hon. Members are following what we are saying. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the remaining balance of Kshs900,000 will be catered for during the 3rd and 4th quarters allocation of the current financial year. The canteen contractor collected a cheque from Mombasa District Treasury. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we pay our contractors when we receive money from the Treasury. Mr. Ramadhan is not the only supplier. The issue of interest does not arise. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that this amount was factored in, but we receive money from the Treasury in quarterly instalments. We pay as we receive the money. It should not be lost that as we pay the contractor, he continues to supply. So, it is an engagement that continues. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with your observation, but I have also said that this is an ongoing activity. We pay as we receive the amount of food from the contractors. If we receive food in the last bit of the year, for example; say the last quarter of 2005, then definitely we will pay for that food in the 2006 financial year. There is nothing else we can do about that. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I go to a hotel, I eat and pay. However, I am not in a position to know how many prisoners I will hold in Mombasa Central Police Station tomorrow. That is why we have a figure that we allocate and then pay as they eat. So, I am dealing with a subject I know about. view
• 2 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is introducing the issue of corruption here, yet there is none. I have said that we engage contractors who supply food to us and we pay them in instalments as and when the money is received by us from the Treasury. This is 3370 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 2, 2006 what we are doing and will continue to do. There was a debt of Kshs3 million, and we have paid. Now there is a balance of Kshs900,000, which I have promised will be paid in the last quarter of the year. view