30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this Motion. I stand to oppose this Motion to adopt the Report of the Committee. This is one of the best committees we have in this Parliament. They have presented many Reports that have helped this country. I must first of all congratulate the Committee for doing a good job. However, on this one, they have not gone down to properly look at the matters in real perspective. The amount involved in this tender is huge. We are discussing a contract of Kshs43 billion. The speed ...
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30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
- We have been complaining all along about giving tenders to Chinese companies, but at least China is the second biggest economy in the world. You can say that they have the economic capacity to perform any tender of any magnitude. If we go to Lebanon, I think the next line we are going to is Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana. We now are coming down to places where we are better off---
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30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
No, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what I am trying to explain is that companies are domiciled in certain countries. Zakhem International is a Lebanese company.
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30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Yes. Zakhem International is a Lebanese company; General Electric is an American company; China Wu Yi is a Chinese company. So, a company cannot run away from its mother country.
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30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I may use a word other than ‘turmoil’. When a country has problems with governance---
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30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, would you need a substantive Motion to describe a country that has problems? Somalia is in crisis; she has problems.
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30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I withdraw the words “Lebanon is in turmoil” but I can say that Zakhem International is a Lebanese company.
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30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have withdrawn.
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30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I withdraw the words “Lebanon is in turmoil” but Zakhem International is a Lebanese company. That is the point I was driving at. So, I do not expect a Lebanese company to have the capacity of handling a contract of Kshs43 billion. That is the point I am trying to make. I was describing the economy of Lebanon. A company that comes from Lebanon may not have the capacity to handle a contract of Kshs43 billion.
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