Henry Kosgey

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 221 to 230 of 432.

• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I apologize for coming late. I beg to reply. (a)The Government used the following criteria and procedure to procure the services of Intertek International Limited to conduct fitness tests on the maize imported into the country from the Republic of South Africa:- view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: (i) A survey was carried out on the four firms detailed below to determine their capability to undertake the tests, that is, if they have fully-fledged offices in Mombasa. The four are international firms that carry out inspection, certification and testing of products: view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: (a) SGS: This firm had carried out inspection at the point of origin and therefore, they were excluded from carrying it out in Mombasa. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: (b) Bureau of Veritas: This firm did not want to be involved in this particular consignment. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Š Cotecna: This firm does not have offices or laboratory facilities at the Port of Mombasa. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: (d) Intertek International Limited: This firm operates a fully-fledged laboratory at the Port of Mombasa and happened to be the only one among the four that was ready and well-equipped to undertake the tests on the maize. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, last time, I said that I was aware that the Office of the Prime Minister, in its capacity as coordinator and supervisor of Government operations including my Ministry, did commission Intertek International to carry out tests on this maize. I confirm that they were commissioned and I also confirm that I have sufficient information from the Office of the Prime Minister, through the Permanent Secretary, to adequately deal with this question. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Question is asking about the criteria and procedure used by the Government to procure the services of this particular firm. It is not a very complicated Question. The third part is on the amount of money paid. I have sufficiently provided the answer on behalf of the Government. I have done so, as the Minister of the Government and also in my capacity as the Minister responsible for standards or testing of materials such as maize that comes to this country. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: As I explained last time, the reason it was necessary to seek a second or third opinion was because some doubts had been expressed in the local media about the credibility of the results that had been obtained by three other Government agencies. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before the commissioning of this firm to carry out this fairly simple test, there was a meeting in the Prime Minister’s Office. view