Michael Maling'a Mbito

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Feb 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I wish to present an interim report on the acquisition of medical equipment for counties by the Standing Committee on Health, the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations and the Standing Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Managed Equipment Service (MES) Programme is a very important project which was based on needs assessment of our counties. Unfortunately, many concerns have been raised by various stakeholders, and that is the reason the Senate has been called upon to look into this project. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Allow me to make a quick summary of this report. The tender sum of the MES was US$432 million. To date, over US$200 million has already been paid and the contract balance is over US$230 million. Five contracts were awarded in this Programme; one went to Shenzhen Mindray Biomedical Electronics Company Limited of China, which provided theatre equipment at a total cost of almost US$46 million. They have so far been paid over US$22 million and are owed over US$23 million. The second contract went to Esteem Industries India to provide SSD equipment. This is actually sterilisation equipment and it ... view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Bolco SRL of Italy were to provide renal equipment--- view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Let me rush to the recommendations--- view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The recommendations of the Committee were as follows. (1) There will be need to urgently visit all the 94 health facilities being serviced by the MES or alternatively, a significant representative sample to verify the type of equipment supplied, the date they were installed and whether they are operational. 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
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: I would request my colleagues, the Senators, to help in ensuring that this equipment exists. I will table a list of equipment that went to every county. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: (2) We recommend that a special audit be conducted on the Managed Equipment Services (MES) by the Auditor-General and a report tabled in the Senate within 60 days. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: (3) We also recommend that all the five contracts be isolated, so that we go through each of them individually, case by case, and establish the value for money or lack thereof, for each contract, rather than generalized conclusions on all contracts. view
• 6 Dec 2018 in Senate: (4) We recommend that an in-depth investigation on this matter by the relevant authorities be conducted to- (a) Establish a legal basis of the MES contracts, in particular, whether the legal requirements of Articles 186 and 189, as read together with Article 6 (2) of the Constitution of Kenya, were respected, and whether the county governments were coerced or entered into the MES arrangement under duress. If so, the legal implications thereof on the MES contracts and the consequential activities should be established. (b) Recommend legal and/or administrative actions that should be taken against any person who may have been ... view