Asman Kamama

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 971 to 980 of 2457.

• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the network to be used in the system will be independent of Safaricom’s commercial network, though it will share passive infrastructure such as base system masts with the commercial network. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Tetra Radio Limited, which won a 2002 tender by the then Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), now Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK), but had the licence was cancelled by the Commission in 2008 due to their incapability to meet the terms of the tender agreement. So, Tetra Radio Limited moved to court and lodged a claim for the exclusive use of the frequency range 370 and 470 mhz for provision of communication system for the police, which was upheld by the court. The CCK appealed the decision and the case is currently before the Court of Appeal. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Committee established that the proposed project is valued at Kshs14.9 billion over a five-year repayment period, and the money will cater for purchase of equipment, its installation and networking to link it into the central command centre. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: The cost breakdown is that Kshs12.7 billion will be used for building the system and Kshs2.2 billion will be for the maintenance support of the system for the next five years. The project will cover Nairobi and Mombasa in the first phase. To set up the project in the rest of the country, the Government would have to pay, or will require, an extra Kshs21 billion. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, part of the payment by the Government to Safaricom will be in the form of a spectrum for Safaricom to roll out the long-term evolution 4G network, both for commercial use and for use by the proposed police system. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, review of the tender by the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) concluded that the procurement method used was within the law as the procuring entity had met the threshold for direct procurement as provided in the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Committee recommends that the House approves the tender award and the signing of the contract to Safaricom Limited for the provision of a National Surveillance, Communication, Command and Control System for the National Police Service.The Committee further recommends that the project should be expanded to cover the rest of the country as soon as it is practically possible. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Before I conclude, I will ask my friend to second. I do not know whether hon. Gumbo is here. If hon. Gumbo is not here then my deputy will do that. Oh! I can see hon. Gumbo around. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this is basically the summary of our findings on the tender for the proposed communication and surveillance system for the police; the tender for the project had been awarded but had not been signed. The signing of the contract was put on hold by the Committee subject to a review of the procurement process and approval by the Committee and the National Assembly. We have confirmed that due process was followed in the procurement process. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the proposed communication and surveillance system will greatly help our country’s security forces to face up to the security challenges that threaten the country by providing deterrence and identifying criminals in addition to improving co- ordination and response to crime by the police. view