Moses Masika Wetangula

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I finish, because I know many hon. Members want to speak, I would like all of us who are in this House to leave here knowing that Mr. Keriako Tobiko has not been appointed the DPP because he is from the minority tribe but he has been appointed the DPP because he is a man who is qualified and is capable of doing the job. Let us not own him as a minority candidate because he will serve Kenyans. When the three move to the high offices tomorrow or any other day, they should serve ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I want to persuade my learned friend, hon. Abdikadir, that he does consider the views that have been expressed by hon. Karua, and amend Paragraph 1. Then, there will be consequential amendments to the next by deleting all those bodies and persons indicated and substituting them with the Public Service Commission and the Association of Professional Societies of East Africa (APSEA). That is because APSEA encompasses all professional bodies in this country. The Public Service Commission is the custodian of public recruitment, so, they can assist us in recruiting. If we talk of political parties, that is ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for an opportunity to support this Bill and congratulate Mr. Obure for realizing the need to not only regulate, but also impose and monitor standards in construction. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the construction industry in this country has gone through a lot of negative experiences. Today, the Government is virtually helpless in the face of rogue contractors. The public is helpless in the face of incompetent contractors. Local authorities are suffering in the face of incompetent contractors because there has been inadequate or none regulatory capacity to deal with contractors. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that point of order is for nuisance value, I believe. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a lot of cases in this country where contractors are awarded contracts, paid public funds and they abandon sites before they finish their work. We have other cases where they knowingly and willfully carry out very substandard works, particularly on roads construction. You find that money has been paid; a 30 kilometre road is being done. By the time they finish, the road where they started is completely worn out. The public has no remedy because there has been no regulatory authority. Any quack in this country with money in a briefcase can ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have problems in road construction particularly grading of roads. We do not have any means of regulating how graded roads should last and their quality. Once a contract is given out, the quacks will pick murram of any quality, go and spread it on a road and within one rainy season, the road is gone. The public has lost money. There is no value for that money and there is no recourse. I want to urge the Minister that once this law is passed, it should bring in place the Authority immediately. I would want ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if this country has to move to the level of a developed country, or a medium developed country in line with Vision 2030, the quality of our public structures, including roads, is very key. Sometimes you wonder, if we really want to build local capacity, why should we have local contractors? They are given jobs to do and they do not do them. You see them mushrooming elsewhere. I think I heard hon. Kiunjuri mention this. You find a contractor has abandoned the construction of a public market in Garissa, and then he is given another ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is how China has instilled discipline. They are extremely harsh on people who use public funds to do substandard work, including petty things like hoarding. They deal with you at your shop as a public spectacle and as a lesson to others. view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have had initiatives like the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP). I had an incident in my constituency where a hoe or a jembe that costs Kshs89 in Uchumi Supermarkets, is being procured for Kshs600 for the youths to go and construct a dam. How do you explain that? A jembe of Kshs89 - and you can buy it over the counter in any shop - is procured for Kshs600. You know the wear and tear on a jembe cannot be in two weeks. The next week they move to another project and they buy and ... view
• 25 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think it is high time for us, as Parliament, to critically relook at the procurement law in this country. That is because the procurement law is so obsessed with the process. Was there an invitation to tender? What were the bids? Nobody goes to look at the value. At the end of the day, if the bids are 500, 600 and 700, even an item that costs Kshs100, they will say it was properly procured simply because there was a veneer of competition. view