David Kangongo Bowen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: The Committee Report before the House is good. The company which was awarded the tender to do the new pipeline is also good. I am happy that it is the same 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
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: company which was awarded several years ago in the 1970s. I believe that the same company has a very good institutional memory and they are in a position---They still have the design works and the plans of those days. They know where to improve. We want to see them build a permanent line and within the stipulated timeline. With regard to the procurement part of it, we do not want to hear variations. The figures quoted by the company must complete the same work within the same period using the same amount quoted in the first instance. In procurement, this ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Corruption is almost bringing this country to its knees and we need to be very careful. It is only in Kenya where thieves are celebrated. This is not a secret. Some of the thieves or those who are believed to be corrupt are now appointed to be the cabinet secretaries and ambassadors. If you are found to be corrupt and you are, say, a cabinet secretary, you are promoted to be an ambassador. So, we want to be very careful even with the appointments. I want to ask the President to be very careful on appointments. People who have failed ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand guided. There is a list which was brought before this House. Those people are in the process of clearing their names. If any of them is found to be culpable of any impropriety---We have seen where even when this House rejects a name, he is promoted to be an ambassador in another field where they do not need to be vetted. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, when it comes to procurement, we need to make sure that before a company is awarded, due diligence is done. We need to find out the record of the companies so that we do not give jobs to companies which may not be up to the task. Another point that I want to make is on the payback period on investment, given that we are investing huge amounts of money. 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
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a person who benefits from public resources unlawfully is called a thief in English. I said that it is only in Kenya where thieves are celebrated to some extent. I did not mention that there was a certain ambassador who is a thief. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am also concerned that the company which was awarded the bid bond security was from Nigeria, when we have local banks. It is allowed anyway. Hon. Wamalwa mentioned that there is need for the Attorney-General of Kenya to give legal advice when it comes to big investments like this. When tenders are awarded without legal advice from the Chief Legal Officer of the Government, it becomes questionable. We want all those processes to be transparent. We want the Government to be involved and be part of those investments. With those many remarks, I support the ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I also want to support the amendment. Under Clause 3, especially on the functions of the board, there is an issue of manufacturing. In future, in our manufacturing industries, we need to consider bringing in the issue of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). What we saw on Kenya Television Network (KTN) to do with metal manufacturing in Mombasa was very disgusting. In the manufacturing of fertilizers, we need to bring in the issue of NEMA going forward. I support the amendment. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Report of the Committee. I just want to make one or two observations. It is the right time that we passed this Supplementary Budget given that most of it, from what I am seeing, is a recurrent budget which is basically the salaries for the employees in various Ministries and some little development money for departments and Ministries. Let me dwell on the issue of security. I have seen quite a good amount of money being placed on security, which is a very sensitive area. For the last few days we ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: On the case of Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resource I can say there are some departments which need not to be given money. If possible the Acts forming them need to be repealed. One of them is NEMA. It is a department in this Government which just uses taxpayers’ money without giving us results. view