Eng Mohammed Maalim Mahamud

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, whereas the funding of this project is budgeted for and funds disbursed through the national Government, there is nothing which the counties do apart from being shown as the receivers in both the Division of Revenue Act (DORA) and the County Allocation of Revenue Act (CARA) every year. The project funding has also been fluctuating the way the Committee Report has said. This project is very controversial. Over the years, the Committee on Finance and Budget when I was the Chairperson and Member there, during budget and also during the mediation last time, we recommended that the ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understand the sentiments of my colleagues because this is a very important project to the country. That is why my colleagues are asking for the clarification. I personally think that--- view
• 24 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my time has been messed up by colleagues. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was saying this is, maybe, a very noble idea, but something went wrong. This project has been controversial in our budget system. At one stage, we said that it should be suspended until we are through with these investigations. The Committee has done some substantial work for the last eight months. It will be very fair to this Senate if this Report pinpoints culpability to various institutions. That 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 Sep 2020 in Senate: is, the contractors themselves and Government officials that took part in this whole process. The recommendation from the Committee is for further investigations. As we investigate, we must be able to say that this project has drained the public finances and wasted resources. It is totally inequitable in the sense that equipment was delivered and not even utilized for all those years. Someone somewhere must be held responsible and accountable. The investigations being asked for are very light that we should audit further. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we should further audit the very institutions that were responsible for this mess. Whereas, this would have been a good idea--- view
• 24 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is not a small matter. It is a very important issue for this country. We do not need to be rushed because every Member here must contribute and the country must hear that we are doing something. From the inception of this project to the lack of need assessment by the Government up to what we are doing and even when we had some invalid memorandum between counties and national Government, everything is wrong in this project. We must understand the Report thoroughly so that the recommendations given by the Committee must be actionable and culpability ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, maybe in the Report, we are told some companies refused to appear. There were some companies which were protected. One of them is called General Electric, which has 52 per cent of the contracts according to what Sen. Wetangula said. We must shame those people who made this terrible mistake. There is no way you can buy a torch for a Kshs1 million. There is no way you can buy a telescope for Kshs1 million. This is robbery. The recommendations from the Committee are very mild because they are talking about audit. We want to candidly say, ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in Senate: Committee. The Committee has sat for eight good months and come up with this Report. It is not fair that in two hours of a sitting, we say, ‘put the vote’. That is wrong. We are not rushing anywhere. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee has done a good Report. However, Members have the right according to the Standing Orders to bring amendments, so that we can enrich it. Let us enrich this Report so that when we finalize it as the Senate, it is something we can own. MES is a disaster in this country. It was described by the ... view
• 17 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me support this Statement by Sen. (Dr.) Kabaka. The KMC was established by an Act of Parliament, and 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