James Kimaru Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I stand to apologise hon. Deputy Speaker. 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
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I stand to apologise. We need--- view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I want to thank you very much. When I stand, I stand because we talked with him. I withdraw but I know he said that. view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I apologise. I am saying that going forward--- view
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I said at the introductory part that I concur with the Report of the Committee but I referred hon. Members to Page 55 and with your 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
• 14 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: permission I can read. It says: “There was a leakage of the Judiciary Report exclusively in The Star Newspaper” I withdrew on the same date. If the Chairman of the Powers and Privileges Committee was to apply the rule of law and the Standing Orders, the fact that I withdrew within the time frame, my name should not be appearing on paragraph 320. I take this with great exception that somebody can say he wants to punish people to set an example. Unless it has another political dimension, I will not take this the way it is. Thank you, hon. ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute on this important Bill. From the outset, I would like to say that this is an important Bill. view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I will be very brief. This Bill is very important because it has been synchronized to the current Constitution of 2010 as per Article 227 where it says that a public entity or organ shall procure goods and services in a manner that is fair, equitable and transparent. This Bill in itself will be a game changer in terms of the way procurement will be done both at the national and county governments. In the past, procurement has been a leaking pipe and there has been a lot of corruption around procurement. However, going by the new law, many leaking ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: two per cent of the tender sum so that we do not have every other Tom, Dick and Harry participating in the same. Clause 62(3)(d) talks about the market prices of goods to be procured. I am impressed that a procuring entity can terminate a procuring proceeding if the prices quoted are far above the prescribed market prices. In the past, public procuring entities insisted on the lowest evaluated bidder but going by the new law that we are making, a procuring entity can terminate procurement proceeding if it deems that the prices quoted by the lowest bidder are far ... view
• 17 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just wanted to contribute on something I had not touched on. view