Benjamin Kipkirui Langat was elected as the MP of the Ainamoi constituency in 2008 upon the death of his brother who previously represented the constituency
28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
(a) inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after Sub-clause (5):- “(5A) All procurement and asset disposal planning shall reserve a minimum of thirty per cent of the budgetary allocations for enterprises owned by women, youth, persons with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups.
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28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
(b) inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after Sub-clause (7)- “(7A) An accounting officer who knowingly commences any procurement process without ascertaining whether the good, work or service is budgeted for, commits an offence under this Act.”
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28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
(c) deleting the words “reserved for the disadvantaged groups targeted” appearing in Sub-clause (8) and substituting therefor the words “referred to under subsection (5A)”.
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28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this Clause deals with general procurement and asset disposal principles. Because we have taken on board youth and people with disabilities and generally the disadvantaged, the Committee felt that there should be a principle which says that all the procurement and asset disposal planning shall reserve a minimum of 30 per cent of the budget allocations for enterprises owned by women, youth and persons with disabilities. This principle will ensure that anything done in procurement takes on board those categories which have been disadvantaged over a long time.
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28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Again, we are introducing an amendment to ensure that nobody starts a procurement process without ascertaining whether funds---
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28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we also made a provision that no accounting officer should start a procurement process before ascertaining that the money has actually been budgeted for. This came from my very good colleagues, Hon. Gumbo, Hon. Ogari and Hon. Njuguna. From their experience, some people request for feasibility studies and so on without intending to move to the next phase of implementation. That is the other bit of the amendment. Thank you.
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28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:-
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28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 54 of the Bill be amended— (a) in subclause (1) — (i) by deleting the words “and is not the subject of legal proceedings relating to the foregoing” appearing in paragraph (b);
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28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
(iii) paragraph (g) by inserting the word “or fraudulent” immediately after the word “corrupt”. (a) by inserting a new subclause immediately after subclause (2)—
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28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
“(2A) Despite the provisions of subsection (2), a person or other body having a substantial or controlling interest shall be eligible to bid where—
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