Shakeel Shabbir

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1731 to 1740 of 1945.

• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to seek a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Information and Communications regarding the implementation of the ICT Economic Stimulus Package for all constituencies which was proposed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance when presenting the Budget for the Fiscal Year 2009/2010. In the Statement I would like the Minister to address the following issues:- view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: (i) If the Ministry can confirm that it plans to acquire a bus for each of the 210 constituencies at the cost of Kshs6 million each to serve as a mobile computer centre and indicate where from; view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: (ii) Whether the buses have been ordered. If so, the cost and component of each bus and whether the relevant Government procurement procedures have been followed; view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: (iii) To confirm if each of the buses will be fitted with 12 computers and a solar panel and indicate what the cost will be respectively; view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: (iv) The arrangement that he has made for the payment of remuneration for each of the drivers of these buses and the cost of maintenance and fueling; view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: (v) What justification does the Minister have for importation of these buses when locally-assembled buses can serve the same purpose equally well? view
• 10 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: (vi) What is the viability of the project, especially considering that the cost of each bus constitutes over 85 per cent of the project cost? (i) How does the Minister propose to serve between 15 and 30 secondary schools per constituency when the IT bus can only hold 12 computers. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the Assistant Minister is not taking this matter seriously enough. If a road was expected to last for ten years, then what happened? This means this road was not done as per specifications. The contractor who did it was incompetent. In his answer, he is trying to exonerate his Ministry from this shoddy work that was done on this road. It is a pity that Kshs40 million went down the drain. Could he view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Okay, sorry. Why is it that when we ask Questions here about the shoddy work done on our roads throughout the country, we get the same answers? Could we have a proper contractor and competent people doing our roads in this country? view
• 9 Sep 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Local Authorities. On 4th June, 2009, the Temporary Deputy Speaker made an order that the Departmental Committee on Local Authorities prepares and submits a report on the issue of the Nairobi Cemetery. I would like to bring to your attention the fact that we were not ready with that Report as at 4th September, 2009 as it should have been. One of the major reasons for the delay is that the Committee was not activated until the beginning of August, 2009. We are carrying out investigations ... view