Mwangi Kiunjuri

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• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Badasa Dam Water Project is one of the five large dam projects which my Ministry is implementing during this Financial Year, 2008/2009. The tenders for the construction of this dam were received this year but one of the renderers lodged a complaint with the Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA), which directed re- tendering of the project in December 2008. The re-tendering process commenced in January and was concluded in April 2009. (b) The contract for the construction of this project was awarded to M/s Midroc Water Drilling Company Limited. The ... view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Ministry is also wondering about this because it is the work of this House to make sure that it creates laws and regulations. It is only this House that can look at the Procurement Law and make sure that we reduce the days that are required to effectively effect a tender. We must follow the laid down procedures. If the law says that we must wait for 21 days, we should wait for 21 days. If it says that we wait for 90 days, then we should wait for 90 days. However, I want ... view
• 4 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in this financial year, we have set aside Kshs250 million and the contractor has received Kshs100 million today. He will receive the remaining amount by next week because we are closing the financial year this month. The contract sum for the whole project is Kshs2.3 billion which will be paid by 2011 when the final certificate will be presented to the Ministry. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry is aware of the water shortage in Mombasa City and environs. However, to address the problem, the Ministry is taking out the following measures:- (i) Four boreholes located at Tiwi have been drilled, equipped and rehabilitated to provide an additional 4 million litres of water per day. (ii) Baricho Water Works are being installed with new pumping equipment to deliver more water. (iii)Rehabilitation of Mzima Pipeline is due to start from October 2009 and the works are scheduled to be completed by May, 2011. (b) My Ministry is currently preparing ... view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that we have a problem in appointing the Board. However, I think this problem is more than appointing the Board. This is because we are talking about an acute water problem that can be fixed by pumping in over Kshs50 billion. To show the hon. Member how seriously we have taken this issue, we have already taken up the rehabilitation of Mzima Water Project at a cost of Kshs3.1 billion. Everything is ready. The project appraisal has been completed and the bank’s board approval of funding has already been done. The project is supposed ... view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if the hon. Member listened to my answer, I said that pumping equipment is being installed at Baricho Water Works. This means that we are in the process of doing that. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, procurement of the pumping equipment has taken place and because of the water shortage in Coast Province, we will make sure that the pump is properly installed in the next two months. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me inform the hon. Member that the money we will receive will not be handled by the coast water provider because this is just one of our water providers in the whole of the Coast region. We have more than 15 water providers and the coast water provider is just one Board. However, the Kshs3 billion and Kshs40 billion I have talked about will be handled by the Coast Water Service Board, which is the mother of all the other water providers, which are only licencees of this Board. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to issue a Ministerial Statement as requested by hon. Mohamed, a nominated Member of Parliament. view