Maina Kamanda

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 351 to 360 of 496.

• 11 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we will write to them, they will give us a number and then give the answer to the hon. Member. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on Kiambu Road, I need one week. However, on the condition of roads nationally, I want to say that I want the intervention of this House and in particular the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The Ministry of Transport is underfunded. They were given only Kshs18 million in the recent Supplementary Budget 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
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: yet they had requested for Kshs85 billion. There are some people at the Treasury who want to kill the country’s infrastructure and if the Members are not keen, this will happen. Once you kill the infrastructure, you will kill the development of this country. I had a similar Statement this morning and I want to report that the Members who sought the Statement came to my Committee. They are similar and we have summoned the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Treasury on 18th March so that, at least, we can put him on notice that he is killing development in ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. The hon. Member will agree with me that he was in my committee this morning, and I know he even sympathized with the officers. Until we meet the Cabinet Secretary, it is the same issue of underfunding. I want to invite him also to attend that meeting on 18th because he will be having two questions; this one and the other one. I want to request my brother to be in that meeting. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: In this case, let me give the Member three weeks so that I can get a comprehensive report on Isiolo, otherwise the other part we will be able to deal with it on 18th. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to--- view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to say that it is true that we sought your guidance on this matter as stated by hon. Mbadi and you advised as you have stated. I want to thank you for giving me this opportunity to present the report on investigations into the procurement process for the development of the proposed Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway and other related issues surrounding the development of the railway in line with Standing Order No.216. On Thursday, 14th November, 2013, the Member for Nyali Constituency, hon. Awiti, requested a Statement from the Chairman of the Committee on Transport, ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on 21st November, 2013, the Committee invited the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure to shed light on the issues surrounding the tendering and the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway. Subsequently, on 9th January, 2014, the Committee held a sitting and deliberated on the way forward on the Statement sought by the Member for Nyali Constituency, hon. Awiti, following immense public interest the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway project had attracted. The following are submissions and documentary evidence provided by witnesses. I would like to respond to the Member as follows: On question number one, the single sourcing ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: contract for the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway provision of rolling stocks is taken into the context of financing of the project. The method of procuring the contract used is provided for in Section 6(1) of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005, which states that:- “Where any provision of this Act conflicts with any other obligation of the Republic of Kenya, arising from treaty or other agreement to which Kenya is a party, this Act shall prevail except in the instance of negotiated loans or grants”. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, there was also a memo written in April, 2012 which was a Cabinet decision communicated and granted approval for the Government-to-Government arrangement for implementation of the project. The Director-General, Public Procurement and Oversight Authority (PPOA) indicated to the Committee that the procurement entity, that is Kenya Railways Corporation--- The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project was a Government-to-Government project, which is to be funded by a negotiated loan; it was, therefore, exempted from the application of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005, pursuant to Section 61 of the Act. view