Lee Kinyanjui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was also said that we have a huge influx of engineers from other countries, specifically from China, who have come in, in recent times. We wish to acknowledge that that, indeed, is the case. But of course, we must also appreciate that just a few years ago, the financing of the infrastructure sector Ministries was so small that the growth of that sector was too slow to be able to cope with the recent financing that we have had in the last few years. However, we hope that we will be able to get ... view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: The hon. Gumbo also mentioned the issue of the ratio of engineers to the population. He correctly said that we have the ratio of one engineer serving a total of about 20,000 people. What is important to note is that out of these 2,000 engineers that we have in Kenya over 80 per cent of these engineers are to be found in Nairobi. Therefore, you will go to some of our other towns outside Nairobi, and you find that there could, probably, be one or two engineers only. As a result of that shortage, sometimes they have had lesser qualified ... view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has also been mentioned that we have the East African Community (EAC) integration that is coming, and we are expected to play a key role in this area. The member countries are also expecting that Kenya, being a leading nation in the area of infrastructure, will also participate in ensuring that we help other countries to move forward. view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was mentioned here that any member of the EAC can become an automatic member of the engineers body here in Kenya. Whereas that may be correct, I think it is important to ensure that even as we allow others to join us, we do not dilute the standards because, indeed, the essence of the field of engineering is precision. We would want to ensure that all the engineers who are registered in Kenya are properly trained and, therefore, we do not have the issue of low standards. view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was also mentioned here that the revocation of licenses would require two-thirds majority in the board. I want to agree with Eng. Gumbo who mentioning this; I think we will be looking at this area to ensure that we do not make it impossible for offenders to be kicked out of practice. view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we do that, we would also want to ensure that we do not allow competition among the players within the industry to be driven to the board. We do not want to make it so easy that differences between players in the industry – because at the end of the day, these are players who are also in competition. I think that would be dangerous if it went that way. view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is the issue of the mention of the Minister in the Bill. As you know, under the new Constitution, we will not have the “Minister”. Hon. Mungatana raised the issue of whether we will bring this Bill to the Floor of the House before even a year is over, because we expect that in the new dispensation, we will not have Ministers; we will have Cabinet Secretaries. We will also look at that and I am sure we will be able to make the necessary adjustments. view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Lastly, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it was mentioned here that we have engineers who drive vehicles that belong to the contractors. I wish to correct that. The reality is that whenever a contract is being crafted, there is provision for a vehicle for supervision, and this is, indeed, the practice all over the world; when you have a project – be it the World Bank project or a Government of Kenya project – you ensure that a vehicle is bought specifically for the purpose of supervision. It does not belong to the contractor; money for the purchase of that ... view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few comments, I wish, once again, to thank all those who have participated and to assure them that we look forward to a better Bill, a Bill that will be able to address all the challenges that we have in the industry and that, after this, we will be able to have fewer buildings that come down due to poor workmanship. view
• 12 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view