Mwangi Kiunjuri

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• 26 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I must finish. Let me finish! July 26, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2809 view
• 26 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: I am sorry, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. In 2004, when a lifting contract was awarded to Acadia, the tender premium was for US$10 per barrel. However, for no apparent reason and in contravention of the Public Procurement Regulations the premiums was raised to US$70 per barrel without the knowledge of the Accounting Officer. The hon. Ochilo-Ayacko, who was then the Minister for Energy, may wish to comment on this issue. Lastly, regarding the contracts that have been awarded, we have recorded every document and this Question is arising because of the fact that Acadia won this contract. The contract was ... view
• 26 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the statement is incorrect. The reason why we were to lay the contract documents on the Table, was for the hon. Members to look at the termination clauses only. Secondly, if those documents were to be tabled for perusal, then we could have been asked to table them in advance. I want to correct the impression that those documents were first of all supposed to be tabled for the hon. Member's perusal. We have given detailed information. We have given a tabulation, which he has. If there is anything else that needs to be checked, it ... view
• 26 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Question was deferred because I could not answer the question on how much it cost to lift one barrel. We have given the answer, which is US$64,409. That is the only reason why this Question was deferred. view
• 26 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am being honest. First of all, we have already answered the hon. Member's Question. We have no concession. So, the issue on whether we have concessions or not, does not arise. So, there is nothing to peruse in those documents. However, I have said that I have no problem with that, but I want to correct any misrepresentation that we have not answered this Question correctly. Lastly, before the Question comes back to the House, it should be in the hon. Member's mind that the correct version of this is that we have no concession. ... view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) It is anticipated that the contractor will complete the construction of the Mbita Point- Tom Mboya Health Centre electricity line by September, 2007, for the health centre and secondary school to be connected. (b) Yes, I wish to confirm that a transformer will be installed to serve Waware Secondary School. However, Nyamuga and Wanyama primary schools could also be connected, but only upon payment of the requisite connection fee to the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) as primary schools are excluded from the current rural electrification policy, which targets public ... view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we used to have serious procurement challenges but that has been corrected. We are now faced by other challenges whereby, those people who compete in the tendering have now decided to be taking each other to court to challenge whoever wins the tender. That is one of the problems that we are facing now. Secondly, we are faced with the problem of resources. The projects are too many and we have allocated most of the monies. We now require to allocate money in this Financial Year so that we can pay our expenses for the supplies ... view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that we used to have the same challenge of contractors having more than one contract and they are unable to perform. However, we have solved that problem to almost 80 per cent or 90 per cent. The problem that we are having is that we also have turn-key projects. A turn-key project is one where you are given a contract but you have to procure all other materials required; like transformers, cables, insulators and so on. You purchase all of them as a block and then you construct. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what ... view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is good for the hon. Members to know that the reason why we decided to go for the labour and transport contractors is that, before we used to issue these contracts to turn-key contractors. Our people were challenged, they could not raise hundreds of millions of shillings through those tenders. The only way to empower our own people was to follow that route. We have been challenged for the last three years but we have now stabilised. We have made sure that we are paying them per certificate, to ensure that our brothers are July ... view
• 25 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you obviously know that Mr. Kajwang must say something criticizing the Government whether good things have been done or not. However, I will first of all advise him to go and pay money for those primary schools, that is Kshs32,044 for a three phase connection, so that they can benefit. I want to remind him to go and do exactly that! Secondly, some of the challenges we are facing arise because the law is not explicit. For example, in the Procurement Bill that we passed, we said that the locals should be advantaged by the 15 ... view