30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
I really wanted to say something on the previous amendment.
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30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this amendment is very important. I support it because, first, it will reduce corruption. Once this information is published, it will be accessible to many members of the public. We will know the parties involved in advance. Lastly, we will get to know what has been done by the national Government and what has been done by the county governments. Currently, some county governments launch projects that were launched by the national Government the previous week. It is good for the public to know so that they can scrutinise. Thank you.
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30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
I really wanted to say something on the previous amendment.
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30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I oppose this issue of restrictive bidding even though I know the Public Procurement Act allows it. This is where corruption meets the road. So, we should rethink as a House, since from the first draft there was no restricted bidding. So, let us remain with the first draft instead of amending to add restrictive bidding. This is very dangerous.
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30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this amendment is very important. I support it because, first, it will reduce corruption. Once this information is published, it will be accessible to many members of the public. We will know the parties involved in advance. Lastly, we will get to know what has been done by the national Government and what has been done by the county governments. Currently, some county governments launch projects that were launched by the national Government the previous week. It is good for the public to know so that they can scrutinize. Thank you.
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30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Chairman, I oppose this issue of restrictive bidding even though I know the Public Procurement Act allows this one. However, this is where corruption meets the road. So, we should rethink as a House, since from the first draft, there was no restricted bidding. So, let us remain with the first draft instead of amending to add restrictive bidding. This is very dangerous.
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30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. It is my considered opinion that issues that are force majeure, unforeseen circumstances, would be addressed within the contract. They always are addressed within the contracts and not within the legislation. 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.
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30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, as much as I want to support; surely, by the county government having public private partnership, we will be risking because very soon you will find everything within county governments and counties are owned by private individuals. I will therefore request the Chair and the Majority Leader, with due respect, let us go slow on this because we are already overburdened by debt. If we go in this direction… The expressway is costing us around Kshs 61 billion meaning, we are spending around Kshs 2billion per kilometre. We will go into this arrangement with county governments ...
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30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. It is my considered opinion that issues that are force majeure, unforeseen circumstances, would be addressed within the contract. They always are addressed within the contracts and not within the legislation.
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30 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, as much as I want to support; surely, by the county government having public private partnership, we will be risking because very soon you will find everything within county governments and counties are owned by private individuals. I will therefore request the Chair and the Majority Leader, with due respect, let us go slow on this because we are already overburdened by debt. If we go in this direction… The expressway is costing us around Kshs 61 billion meaning, we are spending around Kshs 2billion per kilometre. We will go into this arrangement with county governments ...
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