Maina Kamanda

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Attorney-General also confirmed the position that the procurement entity did comply with the provisions of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005. The Committee, therefore, found that the procurement entity acted within the law on the single sourcing of the rolling stock and the work of the tender for the China Road and Bridge Corporation view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Let me then repeat question number four, which is whether the Government undertook due diligence of the capacity of the company to build the railway line and provide locomotives and rolling stocks. I wish to respond as follows: The Government delegation sent to China on the project undertook due diligence on CRBC and confirmed that the company has the capacity to build the Mombasa –Nairobi SGR project. Hon. Speaker, the delegation had ten people and it is also given in some of the annexes that we are going to give. Similarly, the delegation also did due diligence on the The ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: CRBC and confirmed that the company’s factory has the capacity to manufacture locomotives as required. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: On what action will be taken by the Government in case of culpability in awarding the tender to the CRBC, I wish to respond as follows: The Principal Secretary in the Department of Transport confirmed to the Committee that the CRBC will be required to submit to the Kenya Railways a performance bond and in the case of poor performance, KR will use the funds to procure another engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: Regarding other issues, the Committee resolved to extend the scope of the mandate to cover other areas that hon. Awiti had not raised in the Statement request. Such issues include the total cost, the CGR and the legality of the tendering process involved. The Committee then developed a programme meeting to take evidence from the witness who would assist the Committee to get to the bottom of this matter. My Committee was able to interview the following officers:- Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure, the Principal Secretary in the Department of Transport, Acting Managing Director of the Kenya Railways Corporation ... view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: The Committee noted submission by each officer and then sought clarification on specific items. From the information gathered from the witnesses and the documentary evidence they produced, the Committee made the following observations and conclusions on the tendering process for the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). What I am reading are the observations by the Committee. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (i) Regarding the procurement process, the Committee did not find any illegality or irregularity in the procurement of this project in the light of the submission and confirmation made by the Attorney-General and the Director-General of the PPOA. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (ii) The Committee observed that due process was followed in the procurement of the SGR project. The Director-General of PPOA confirmed to the Committee that the provisions of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005 were adhered to, to the letter and the procurement of the EPC contract in this case government to government procurement undertaken herein is in accordance with Section 6(1) of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005. view
• 20 Feb 2014 in National Assembly: (iii) The Attorney-General also confirmed to the Committee that his own Office was and is involved in the procurement process of Mombasa-Nairobi SGR right from the inception of the project. He affirmed that his Office will provide the legal opinion on the financial agreement to enable sealing of the contract between the Government of Kenya and the Government of the People’s Republic of China as agreed in the contract. view