Asman Kamama

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I had started moving this Motion and told our Members, or the honourable House, that arising from complaints from the public on the issue of this tender by Safaricom, the Committee, in exercising its oversight role or mandate, held a sitting with the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government on Thursday, 5th June, 2014 during which the Committee sought details on the proposed procurement. The Committee sought to establish whether the threshold for direct procurement, as provided for by the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, had been attained, and whether the project offered value for money to taxpayers. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Committee resolved to have the signing of the contract put on hold until facts relating the project were established and the project approved by the Committee and the National Assembly. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The Committee embarked on the exercise of looking into the matter of the tender for the surveillance and communication system by convening the first sitting on 10th June, 2014. The Committee held a total of eight sittings in which it closely examined the matter and heard evidence from witnesses. The Minutes of the Committee are hereto annexed and copies of the HANSARD Report may be obtained from the National Assembly Library. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The Committee held a meeting with the technical committee at the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Technical Committee, which evaluated and approved the tender for the surveillance and communication system; they provided the genesis of the tendering process and justification for using direct procurement. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Technical Committee comprises of senior Government officials in the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology as well as the National Intelligence Service (NSIS). view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The need to get technical information on the safety and suitability of the proposed surveillance system saw the Committee meet officials from the Communications Authority of Kenya as well as independent communication experts. It came to the attention of the Committee that the Communications Authority of Kenya had an on-going court case with Tetra Radio Ltd., a company that won a licence to provide communication system for the police service in 2002. The licence was cancelled and this led to the on-going court case. Tetra Radio Ltd. appeared before the Committee and stated their case. They explained the nature of ... view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The Committee further met the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication and Technology to be able to understand the role of the Ministry in advising the Government on the suitability of the project. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the meeting with Safaricom Ltd. provided details on the process of setting up and implementing the surveillance system, the cost of implementing the project and the Safaricom’s role in the process. The Committee was able to interrogate the company’s capacity to implement the project, as well as have a live demonstration of how the system works and operates. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: A meeting with the Cabinet Secretary, the National Treasury, provided the Committee with an opportunity to understand the payment structure and availability of funds for the proposed system. The Committee held a meeting with the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA), and the Director of Procurement at the National Treasury. The meeting gave the Committee an opportunity to interrogate the various procurement requirements that had arisen in the course of meetings with other stakeholders. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, during the meetings, it emerged that the procurement entity, which is the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, arrived at the decision to procure directly from Safaricom Ltd. due to protracted nature of the previous tenders for police communication and surveillance system, as well as the need to urgently set up the system to address the runaway insecurity in our country. The network to be used in the proposed system would be built by Safaricom Limited and handed over to the National Police Service for use. view