Dr. Julius Kipyegon Kones

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 551 to 560 of 566.

• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will realise that blacklisting a contractor means that you have to totally destroy the career of that particular individual or company. Sometimes before we take that action, we have to consider so many things. One of the things that we do, first of all, we terminate that contract and see whether they will improve in other contracts. Secondly, if they misbehave, it is when we move towards blacklisting them. Once a contractor has been terminated or blacklisted, they will never take any jobs anywhere else. So, I think, it is a way of trying to ... view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, every year, we evaluate these contractors with a view to upgrading or downgrading them depending on what capacities they have. So, we do this evaluation every year. That is why we call up contractors to re-register with us all the time. So, to be a contractor, you need to be on the alert all the time so that you do not just assume that if you are Class A, you will continue being in that Class A all the time. If we feel that you are performing below capacity, then you get downgraded. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, we have also terminated Crescent Contractors and Kariuki Construction Company. At least, three have been terminated but on specific projects. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, currently, unfortunately, there is no law that regulates contractors. We have not brought to the House any law that regulates contractors. We are intending to do that in future. I think when we do that, that is when we will judge them according to the provisions of the relevant Act that will be passed by this Parliament. I want to assure this House that we are intending to bring a Bill that will regulate the performance of the contractors. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the fact that the contractor went to court does not nullify the fact that we terminated the contract. In fact, the court asked us not to terminate the contract but we had already done it. So, it is a battle in the court. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we, definitely, do not entertain cowboy contractors in the Ministry. On the other hand, we also suspect that certain engineers within our Ministry are operating with certain contractors. They are doing it very secretly. I would be very grateful if the hon. Member would assist me by giving me a list of what he thinks and also support it with facts and figures, then I will take action. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Not at all, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In fact--- view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the problem is that the matter is in court. In the meantime, that same contractor whom we terminated is continuing working there. So, I do not see how we can move in there when the court has interfered with the project. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, that is a very specific Question and I did not come with the answer to that. I would be very grateful if the hon. Member would ask that Question. I will answer him accordingly, or I will invite him to my office, and then we could go through those records. Otherwise, I do not want to give inaccurate information on that issue. view
• 7 May 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I remember that the hon. Member has asked three questions in a row. That is also out of order, but I will attempt to answer. We have an Audit Department in the Ministry that carries out audit of various projects pertaining to the road networks. That is actually the department that assists us by giving us information as to when and how we are going to determine the performance of a contractor on site. So, we do an audit. Secondly, the hon. Member asked whether we are going to carry out reforms even before we pass ... view