Manson Nyamweya

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• 7 Nov 2013 in National Assembly: 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
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank the Chair of this Committee and hon. Members for the thorough job they have done in this investigation. I also thank you, hon. Speaker, for your ruling today. This goes a long way to make Parliament discuss any issue which is of public interest for the Republic of Kenya. I want us to go through the Report on page 7. On page 7, Hala General Trading is given 40,000 metric tonnes at a price of US$229; Euro World Commodities Limited is given 40,000 metric tonnes at a price of US$229; M/s Erad Supplies ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Clearly, it indicates that there was something wrong in the whole procurement process. If the process was fair, then the lowest bidder should have been given a bigger portion to supply. Probably, there could have been a special reason why the highest bidder was awarded the business. When you look at the documents of Erad Supplies and General Contracts, who had quoted Kshs203 million, first of all, they failed to secure a 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
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: bid bond. A bid bond is not conditional. It is either a bid bond as per the term stated or it is not there. I am not a lawyer, but that is very clear. You either comply or you do not comply. From the word go, this firm did not comply. Secondly, they went ahead and got another performance bid. The bid bond does not exist. The next question you will ask the management of the Board is: What happened? Clearly, that company did not comply with the basic requirement to go to the next stage of tender evaluation. But, ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The next issue which comes to mind is the Accounting Officer or the CEO of NCPB. He must tell us who told him to do what he did because he was not alone. We may look at Erad, condemn them, but let us look at the players who enabled him to commit that crime. The first group is the banks. When a bank gives a guarantee or a performance bond, it is a serious instrument and you take it the way it is. It is a serious instrument. I will ask the Kenya Bankers Association to take up this issue. ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: went wrong. The man is running away with a judgment in court. I am happy about what the Speaker has said today; that we need to protect public assets. Our responsibility as Parliament is to protect what belongs to this country and what belongs to indigenous taxpayers. NCPB is managed by taxpayers’ funds. It is not a private property. It has reached a stage where they do not have furniture. There are no chairs and somebody is purporting to have won a contract. Normally, when local suppliers are given tenders, they supply and then ask for their money. That is ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, Sir, I want to bring to your attention this report from No.8 on page 96. We are going to draw a conclusion. What we are saying is that investigations need to be carried out given the information we have. After that, the report recommends for action because there is fresh evidence that has come out. The Committee is not saying that we do what my colleague has said. The Committee is saying that there is fresh evidence that has come up which needs to be investigated. It is saying that we take up the matter. After that has ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 3 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member in order to repeatedly say--- We have talked about age. The people who have taken up these positions are over the age of 55 years. This is discrimination against those who are less than 50 years old. view
• 19 Sep 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. I support this Bill, but I am not doing it with a lot of enthusiasm for the following reasons. Whereas I support the railway levy of 1.5 per cent--- view