Dr. Simon Ogari

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me a chance to add my voice to this important Bill. From the outset, I support the Bill. Being a Member of the Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing, I had a chance to look through it and I only need to add a few comments and items. When you go through the Bill, one of the issues which have been ailing our roads despite the Government‟s effort to try and develop the infrastructure is maintenance. I will propose an amendment as we go on in the Committee stage about establishing ... view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: People need to respect roads because they are public utilities and spaces. In Nairobi, huge supermarkets and large businessmen fence part of our roads and develop it as parking denying the public access to the same road. They even start charging some fee. I am sure you have seen some supermarkets which acquire road reserves, even if it is on a temporary basis, build a parking lot and start earning income from a public property denying the public a chance to use that space. I want that area to be looked into. I would like to talk about development around ... view
• 23 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support this Bill. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This clause is meant to recognise and respect the existence of other laws governing procurement or professional services and payment of fees. That is why it came in. I support. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for the opportunity. It is important to understand that most of the main amendments were mainly Hon. Gumbo’s, hon. Njuguna’s and mine. We sat with the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and became part of the Committee for two continuous days to harmonise our amendments with theirs. That is why we thought it is important to make some clarifications. I can clarify on the engineer’s estimates. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: When Hon. Wamalwa talks about technical evaluation, all professionals are in agreement with this Bill and in their Acts that we compete in the technical evaluation. Technical competition is what is being called quality in this Bill. The words “quality” and “technical” are the same. So, it is only in fees where professionals cannot compete because there is a regulation in another law as Hon. Sakaja has explained. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Wanga talked about engineer’s estimates. We dealt with that earlier on in another clause and it deals with open tendering. This is open tendering where tenders are compared with the engineer’s estimates. That is an estimate to do with the tenders and not the engineer’s fees. The engineer’s fee is separate and regulated. Hon. Wamalwa also talked about professionals. We have so many professionals in this country including sweeping, cleaning and guard services. The key word here is “regulated”, which means that they are created by an Act of Parliament. So, if professionals out there including cleaners can get ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: their conduct, fees and everything, they will qualify under this category. That is what I wanted to clarify. view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. We had a very heated argument on the issue of breaching a gentleman’s argument and actually, it was my amendment. It was based on some of our experiences in the works which last long. I totally dispute what Members think that we do not have variations which go down. I have been a consultant for many years and most of the times, I return money to the clients. For example, when we measure foundations when doing a building, we declare the saving early to the client or warn him of an impending over-expenditure because ... view
• 29 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to second. I wish to draw the attention of the House that this was my amendment. We had discussed it with the Committee. My idea was different and I had given them the systems of calculating this, but the National Treasury found it to be too long. We agreed to transfer the whole of this to the--- view