Grace Jemutai Kiptui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: One of the ways to boost their morale is use of technology to combat crime. That is why we allowed this tender to go to Safaricom Ltd. although I have heard people say that it was single-sourcing. To me, it was restricted tender and it meets the threshold of the Constitution and Section 74 as provided by the law. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government has, over time, complained about underfunding. We have allocated it a lot of money in the current Budget. We have also tried as much as possible to improve the living standards of the police. We have bought vehicles--- view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand informed by the Member. I will proceed with my contribution. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to say that we, in Kenya, cannot remain with the templates of the 1950s and early 60s when the rest of the world has moved on. When we visit other countries, we do not see policemen in uniforms in the streets carrying guns. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I was in Korea the other day and we never saw policemen in uniform carrying guns in the streets. That is the case, except for the police outriders who were escorting us to the various places that we were visiting. Policemen in developed countries or where technology has been embraced operate from their vehicles and stations and they do their work very effectively. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Since Kenya cannot be compared with any other country in the East African region and companies from other countries have invested in this country, we have to improve the security in our country. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, our citizens are being butchered left, right and centre and yet, we are here saying that Safaricom Ltd. is not capable of implementing that project. Nobody has said that, that company was going to manage this technology. They will build the infrastructure and hand it over to the police. It is the Kenya police who will manage and operate the equipment. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: We, in the Committee, were also worried about this at the beginning until Safaricom Ltd. came and told us that they will build firewalls and hand them to the police who will manage them. So, I would like hon. Members to understand that Safaricom Ltd. will not run our security apparatus. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other issue is that by adopting this report, we will help our security forces prevent crime. We keep on talking about the aftermath of crime by reacting angrily as Kenyans. However, what are we doing to prevent it? The new technology will help us. The fact that it will be implemented in Mombasa and Nairobi is just but the beginning. I have said a while ago that we do not have enough money to roll out the project countrywide. view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: We thought Safaricom Ltd. will be the best company to help us move forward. Apart from preventing crime, this will raise the morale of the security forces which is at an all-time low right now. We keep accusing them of not doing their job properly but we have failed to improve their living standards. There is no point of giving someone a job and denying him the tools of trade to do that job. We should help them improve their technology and when we accuse them, we know for sure that we have assisted them. view