Gladys Wanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this could not be more important in terms of disposal, particularly of radioactive materials. Going by what we have seen exposed in the programme “ JichoPevu” about the OwinoUhuru Village, this is very important because we have seen the damages that a carelessly done disposal can cause. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Chair, my thoughts were in line with what you were raising. I agree with the Member for Kigumo that we need to have timelines. But my question which you can guide on is, is Judiciary being a separate and independent arm? I know that the Constitution does provide timelines for the Supreme Court to reach certain decisions. I was wondering if we can use this legislation to control the timelines of the Judiciary. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: In that case I have heard the chorus of answers, I am well advised. I agree with you that the institution is the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA) and not IPOA. 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
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Kaur is laughing. I was also smiling because I am in support. This inspection committee is so important. They should also take responsibility for the work they do. This is because if they go and accept substandard goods, then the accounting officer will administratively take serious disciplinary action against them. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am sorry that the Member for Rarieda has withdrawn this amendment and has had to now withdraw very important definitions within this law. I just wanted to note that. It was very important to define “domestic sub-contractor” and “nominated sub-contractor” and how they operate within the context of procurement because it creates a very big problem within the procurement law. 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
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is a historic day today particularly a big win for women, youth and people with disabilities in this country because the law is now in place to propel them to economic prosperity. I want to urge them to make good use of this law. I want to urge procuring entities to also follow this law with fidelity so that we can empower our women, young people and people with disabilities and other disadvantaged groups. We now have a law that will ensure that pilferage and corruption are controlled while at the same time reducing the ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the amendment. I wish we could reduce it to five years. The reason is that the difference between 10 and seven is very small. The logic behind this is that young people should be taken care of in public appointments. It would make even more sense to have it at five years. I support the spirit. view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I think it is a good idea to be specific. This is so that whoever commits an offence in another country cannot come to Kenya and participate in procurement process. The law, as it is now, can be drafted in a way that can be argued either way. I also want to thank Hon. Gumbo for inserting the words “or her” in the clause. This shows that a lot of legislation is gender-blind. A lot of the legislation only uses “his”. This amendment is very fundamental. The message we are sending is that when doing legislation, the drafters need to ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman introducing the user department is important. This is because sometimes procurement proceeds to conclusion only for the user department to say that what has been procured is not what they wanted in the first place. Having two other departments is also important because we would not want the membership of the committee to be predictable. We do not want people to predict that it is so and so who are going to be in the committee. Leaving the other two slots open gives room for manoevouring, so that we reduce predictability of the committee’s membership and, ... view
• 28 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, my contribution was on Clause 55. I want to say that Clause 55 was so important particularly when there is a very short period within which a procurement entity needs to procure. view