20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, according to the contract sum, the only amount that is remaining is Kshs70,000.
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20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will table those documents this afternoon because I am allowed by law. However, this contract was awarded in 2008 and this is 2011; what time does it take to cancel a performance bond?
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20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, he has not answered my question; what time does it take for one to cancel a performance bond because this contract was awarded in 2007 and we are now in 2011 but the contractor has not been working since January 2008.
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20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
How long is that?
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20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, could he tell us why he has not instituted that legal action?
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20 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not satisfied. We have an implementation committee of this House. I would like it to take up the matter and see to it that it is implemented.
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
asked the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Local Government:- (a) whether he is aware of the borehole in Subukia Ward started by the Nakuru County Council in 2007, which has not been completed; (b) how much money was budgeted for the borehole and how much has been paid to the firm that was undertaking the work to date; and, (c) when the work will resume.
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the contractor has been paid Kshs1 million and the total cost was Kshs1.4 million. So far, the works he has done is only 70 metres and the works were supposed to be 200 metres. It has taken almost five years to do the works. Could the Assistant Minister confirm that they will pay the balance of Kshs400,000 and not Kshs1 million as he indicates because we will be wasting Kshs600,000 of Government funds? The work has taken so long. I also want him to assure me that it will not be the same contractor, who is ...
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not satisfied when he says that he is going to award the work to a new contractor, without even telling us that he is going to surcharge that contractor. Secondly, I would like to inform the Assistant Minister that we did not have post-election violence in that area. So, he cannot convince me that there was cost variation because of post-election violence. That is a scapegoat and I think most of these Ministers are using IDPs as a scapegoat.
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13 Apr 2011 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the Assistant Minister in order to mislead this House that the equipment was stolen, while it is still there even today? The equipment has been there for four years and it is still there. However, it is not functioning.
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