3 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
Yes. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Report of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of the following Institutions for the year ended 30th June 2021 and the certificates therein – (a) National Urban Transport Improvement Project – Kenya National Highways Authority; (b) Kenol-Sagana-Marua Highway Improvement Project – Kenya National Highways Authority; The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for informationpurposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
(c) Improvement of Rural Roads and Market Infrastructure in Western Kenya Project – Kenya Rural Roads Authority; (d) Upgrading of the Gilgil-Machinery Road Project – Kenya Rural Roads Authority; (e) Eastern Africa Regional Transportation, Trade and Development Facilitation Project – State Department for Infrastructure; (f) Horn of Africa Gateway Development Project – State Department for Infrastructure; (g) Nairobi Missing Links Road and Non-Motorized Transport Facilities – Kenya Urban Roads Authority; (h) Nairobi Outering Road Improvement Project – Kenya Urban Roads Authority; (i) Support to the Attainment of Vision 2030 through devolved land reforms in community land of Kenya Project – ...
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2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
(g) Water Services Regulatory Board; (h) Kenya Maritime Authority; (i) Karatina University; (j) Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya; (k) Kenya Maritime Authority Staff Mortgage and Car Loan Scheme; (l) Nyeri National Polytechnic; (m) National Crime Research Centre; and, (n) Council of Legal Education. Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the year ended 30th June 2019 and the certificates therein – (a) Kenya Civil Aviation Authority; (b) Turkana University College; (c) Mathioya Technical and Vocational College; (d) Makueni County Sand Conservation and Utilisation Authority; (e) Naivasha Technical and Vocational College; and, (f) EMSOS Technical ...
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2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I do second.
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2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As well explained by the Leader of the Majority Party, I second.
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2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker, I rise to second and just reiterate what the Leader of the Majority Party has said. The first thing to note is that we have 44 Clauses in this Bill, and there are quite a number of new proposals. I would want to highlight a few out of the many that have been proposed.
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2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
To begin with, the Bill seeks to include other persons that are not regulated under the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management, which is a statutory body that is established by the Supplies Practitioners Management Act No. 17 of 2007. If this proposal goes through as a Bill the way it is, it will proffer to procurement professionals the mandate to regulate the practice of procurement and supply chain management in Kenya. There are quite a number of agencies or persons who have not been captured under the KISM Act. Therefore, this Bill has brought on board quite a number of ...
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2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
overseeing the procurement process. Therefore, it should be allowed to come in so that it can take over, should a procurement process stop.
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2 Feb 2022 in National Assembly:
The Bill also seeks to obligate the head of procurement functions to carry out market surveys before making a procurement decision. That will guard against inflation of prices. You will find that the head of procurement is required to verify what is happening in terms of the prices and he goes as per the schedule that would have been provided quite a number of times before. I want to cite an example where in the committee of JLAC, we were questioning how a biro pen could cost Kshs800 and yet, we know the cost of a biro pen. The issue ...
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