Charles Reubenson Kibiru

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: Many times, you will see governors or counties that did not present documents. That is one weakness that we have found. The documents emerge two years later when people are coming to the Senate. We keep asking that if we could not get the contract for the construction of the mortuary in Tharaka-Nithi County at that point in time, how come a copy of the contract that is stamped becomes available two years later to be brought to the Senate Committee? The governors need to take this process seriously. I do not know what mechanism we will put in place, ... view
• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: The Chairman is telling me to talk about wheelbarrows, but I do not want to go that way. view
• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: The auditor looks at the process and says it was okay. But then, the item that was bought does not even come close to the market price. Why would the auditor give the county a clean bill when there is no value for money for the product or services that were offered? The auditors in most cases do not look at the actual value for money. Their argument is limitation of resources. As the Senate, we need to ask ourselves how we will make the audit process effective. How do we make it effective such that it will give us ... view
• 22 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all the issues of monies begin with procurement. Could it be that we have put in so many bureaucracies in the regulations on procurement that we have created an enabling environment for the procurement staff to have loopholes on how to get money? Anywhere the national Government is procuring, that is a fertile ground for corruption and fraud. We need to look at the laws and ask ourselves: Could we be putting stringent measures that are creating the enabling environment? We have the engineer or the quantity surveyor who prepares the bill of quantities. In that ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to welcome the teachers and students of Kerugoya Municipality School. I would like them to know that I am their Senator. This is the work that they and other people of Kirinyaga County sent me to do. They should feel welcome and I will see them later. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate. The first one is the Report on the Petition by Mr. Vincent Ombaka, a resident of Nairobi City County, concerning the disruption of local trade by Government action and sanctions ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Vincent Ombaka brought a Petition regarding the importation of sugar and the disruption of local trade when it comes to sugar business. The Committee called a number of stakeholders, including the National Treasury, Ministry of Agriculture, the Agriculture Food Authority (AFA) and others. We made some observations and made some recommendations. One observation is that the Government published a number of gazette notices in sequence during that period. Three gazette notices were published. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Secondly, industrial sugar was imported during that period. According to the regulations, industrial sugar is not classified as emergency food, but it was imported duty-free. It affected a number of industries that deal with imported sugar. Since we also called the multi-agencies, another issue that came out is that there are a lot of delays in verification and clearance of cargo at the Mombasa Port and the inland container depot. We talked to the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and emphasized the need for them to expedite the process. ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: No, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am not yet done with the second one on the Report of the Standing Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industrialization on a Petition to the Senate by Mr. Kevin Ndoho Macharia, a resident of Kajiado County concerning the review of laws relating to business premises. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this was a straight forward Petition. We called the tribunal and other relevant stakeholders. One observation that clearly came up is that the law that needs to be reviewed is the Rent Restriction Act and the Landlords and Tenants, (Shops, Hotels and Catering Establishment) Act which were enacted in 1959 and 1965 respectively when some of us were not born. So, it is an archaic legislation in terms of the modernization and the way things are moving. The recommendation of the Committee, therefore, is that the repealing of the Rent Restriction Act be reviewed as requested ... view
• 8 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I need to air my views on this Report. For starters, as leaders and the Government, we need to get out of our comfort zones. view