Prof. Margaret Kamar

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2020 in Senate: As I listened to the Members of Parliament and our colleagues, Senators, expressing themselves; I asked myself that, at the end of this process, whichever way it takes, is there anybody who will leave Kirinyaga? Is there anybody who will be transferred from Kirinyaga, or all of them will live in the same county? This House is supposed to not only take care of county assets, but also the county government. We need to ask ourselves how to protect ourselves and the government beyond impeachment. This is because impeachment will not lead to us expelling a person from the county. ... view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a Petition to the Senate concerning an alleged irregular purchase of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) Building in Eldoret by the Uasin Gishu County Executive. Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No. 230 (2) (a), I hereby present to the Senate a Petition from the residents of Uasin Gishu County concerning the purchase of the National Bank of Kenya Building by Uasin Gishu County Executive. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the salient issues raised in the Petition are as follows: view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (a)THAT, Article 227 of the Constitution on procurement of public goods and services providing for a fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective system and means of procurement was not adhered to and, therefore, proper sourcing of the NBK building for purchase and use by the County Executive was not undertaken; view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (b)THAT, on 19th October, 2018, the County Government in carrying out its due diligence, valued the building at Kshs.568 million, with a breakdown of Kshs.450 million being purchase cost and another Kshs.118 million for improvements. view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (c)THAT the negotiating team appointed by the Acting Chief Officer of Lands and Housing settled on Kshs570 million as the purchase price of the building without clear reasons for the increase in the price from that of the valuation by the County Government at Kshs568 million. view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (d)THAT, public participation is a requirement by the Constitution, yet no such meetings were held to consult with the residents of Uasin Gishu County concerning the purchase of the NBK building. view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (e)THAT, the building is in a poor state of repair and no worthy reason has been given as to why other county properties have been overlooked for the same use intended for the NBK building, and renovation and development or conversion of these other properties offer better value for money, and such options ought to have been pursued. view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (f)THAT, given the alternatives available to the County Government for office space, it is clear that a feasibility study was not carried out, and further, there is no evidence of competitive sourcing or bidding, which would have involved a bid for purchase by the County Government. Instead, there was only a single offer, which casts doubts concerning how the offer was arrived at; view
• 24 Jun 2020 in Senate: (g)THAT, no evidence has been given in the evaluation report on the disposal of the building and sale agreement between the two parties. view