Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2631 to 2640 of 3399.

• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: The judges who made the ruling gave us 12 months, and it is high time we appealed and extended the time-frame given, so that we are able to do amendments. Parliament is there to legislate. I want to tell hon. Members that this is a blessing in disguise. We should not talk any more. Whatever sections that are unconstitutional, this House has the power to align them to the Constitution. We are going to do it immediately and without wasting time. Before I came to this House, I was teaching at the university. I The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: was involved in a consultancy in which we were looking at the impact of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), and I happened to be with Eng. Karue in a consortium. Some of the results showed that more than 95 per cent of CDF money was used positively at the grassroots. In that report there was a recommendation--- I want hon. Members to listen to this. In fact, we are going to increase the allocation from the minimum 2.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent, so that we can have more development at the grassroots. Recently when I was touring my ... view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: We had some who were saying some funny things. However, just like Saul became Paul, I can see they are in the frontline to support this. They need to know that if CDF goes, they are not going to get the Social Fund. view
• 25 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: So, start by giving us this and then we are going to extend it even to our Senators. I want to congratulate Prof Kindiki. He has come out and said he is going to support the CDF. We are telling all Senators that we must come together as a Parliament to support this fund because its benefits go to their voters. Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support. view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill. It is one of the Bills that have a constitutional timeframe. From the outset, I want to say that I support this Bill. Many corruption cases in this country are through procurement processes: We have had many scandals in this country, starting from Goldenberg, Anglo-Leasing and even the laptops. Why schools do not have laptops at the moment is because of procurement. We also have the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). The SGR is being done at this time. There was controversy around it in terms of procurement. At ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: It is important in terms of regulations. We should not just standardize. When it comes to the engineering aspect, let us have some input from the professional association 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
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: of the engineers. When it is procurement related to medicine, let us have the input of the association of medical practitioners as opposed to having a standard one which cannot cut across. Clause 74 talks about the amendment of the tender documents. This is another room for corruption because after the procurement documents are out, they bring an addendum after some time. It is in that addendum that we have a problem. Clause 74 states that in case of any amendment, it should not change the original tender materially. What is “materially”? This is at the discretion of the Procurement ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, that is out of the 15 when you rotate around. However, when it comes to the specific quorum of the entire Board, it has been left hanging and this is likely to be abused. We need to clarify so that somebody looking at it knows there is nowhere in these Clauses where there is that specificity. Clause 27 provides for the Public Procurement Review Board. This is the Board that is going to be in charge of appeals that people are going to bring in, in terms of complaints. Clause 29 talks of composition. The President had issued an ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: competition. When we have big business projects of Kshs5 billion plus, we see a lot of international organizations come here. We are seeing China come in so much. We need to have a clause to safeguard our local contracts the way it is done in Tanzania. They could come in the form of a local partnership so that the local partners also benefit in terms of technological transfer. If you are going to leave this clause that states that the international treaties take precedence, then there will be a problem. We had an issue with SGR. The China Roads and ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Pardon? view