Benjamin Kipkirui Langat

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: If you look at the Bill, the text on Clause 177 is repeated word by word. So, we are just deleting to avoid repetition. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move:- view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 125 of the Bill be amended in— (a) subclause (6), by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (c) — 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
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: “(ca) assignments and professional services which are regulated by Acts of Parliament which stipulates fees and charges applicable for such assignments; (b) subclause (11), by deleting the word “appropriate” appearing immediately after the words “may be” ; (c) subclause (13), by deleting the word “advert” and substituting therefor the word “advertisement” This particular clause deals with selection methods with regard to requests for proposals. We are amending Clause 125(6) which deals with quality-based selection and not cost. It includes assignments and professional services. We can only select those services by using the quality approach because fees have already been prescribed ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT,Clause 129 of the Bill be amended in subclause (3) by deleting the words “be a better offer than” and substituting therefor the words “have any price advantages over”. This is basically to make the intentions of that clause clearer. The interest we have is in the pricing. So, we are changing the words. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT,Clause 135 of the Bill be amended by— (a) deleting subclause (2) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— “(2) An accounting officer of a procuring entity shall ensure that all complex and specialised contracts of a value exceeding Kenya shillings five billion are cleared by the Attorney-General before they are signed”. (b) deleting subclause (3) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— “(3) Each Cabinet Secretary shall regularly inform the Cabinet and national treasury of all government contracts exceeding Kenya shillings five billion”. (c) inserting a new subclause immediately after subclause ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: We are saying that all tenders exceeding Kshs5 billion are supposed to be cleared by the Attorney-General and the Cabinet Secretary responsible for that Ministry. The Committee felt that since it comes from the Ministry, it can only be cleared by the Attorney-General to avoid bureaucracy. That section also says that any contract cleared under subsection 2 shall be approved by the Cabinet before it is signed. After the contracts which are worth Kshs5 billion have been taken to the Attorney-General, they are then taken to the Cabinet for approval. Since the Attorney-General will look at the legality of the ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if you look at what the Bill is providing, it covers the counties. It says that “an accounting officer of a procuring entity”. A procuring entity has been defined and it includes county governments and all State organs. That is already covered. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Jamleck’s amendment talks about contracts by Parliament. Part of that clause says that they will be reported to the Cabinet. It is just that bit of reporting to the Cabinet that we feel should not be done that way. The Judicial Service Commission and Parliament are independent. There are many other ways of capping corruption issues. 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
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 136 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (c) of subclause (6) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— “(c) price schedule or bills of quantities submitted by the tenderer”. This is to further clarify subclause 6(c). view