Sunjeev Kour Birdi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: This Bill, in Clause 125, talks about the quality cost-based selection system which is going to help many Kenyans. The digital procurement system has been talked about. Yes, we are going digital. This is important because if there are any changes that are going to take place in the future, then we need to make the digital process work faster than what it is today. It is also said that when there are some amendments to tenders that are supposed to be made--- In the past, big procurement authorities were not advertising. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: They could have digital websites, but the voluminous document is not available straight away from the website. In my experience, what has been happening most of the time is that when a tender has been extended, or an amendment has been inserted, it gives room for a lot of corruption. That must be stopped. The bringing of the digital procurement and advertising is going to assist this in the long run. With regard to the opening of tenders, it is very important for people to understand who submitted the tender and at what price. If we make it mandatory, then ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: When you look at the public procurement process today, as I mentioned before, you realize that tenders are very voluminous. What has been happening in the past is that people have been at loggerheads with the authorities. In fact, the authorities have been taken to court. Instead of focussing on the concept of completing projects, we are focussing more on the concept of going to court and spending more money in the judicial system. We spend a lot of money on lawyers who actually take us round and round in circles. I hope that this Public Procurement Authority is going ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: This is just a way of telling people that you can go ahead and siphon a lot of money, but you will not live for more than ten years. All that money will be earning interest and your family will be living happily. There has to be a way of calculating and zeroing in on those culprits who take our citizens and our country for a ride. I also found Clause 17 very interesting on policy and operationalisation, where the national Treasury is setting up an annual review process. This opens up the doors for all the people in public ... view
• 19 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: about time that we, as legislators, stood up together and brought the right amendments to this Bill, so that the right justification is done towards the public procurement process. There are lots of reports which have been released by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). They talk about public procurement benching, which is a concept that we must also look into. I do not know how we will bring that in the future within our country because we are already looking to open our borders. In my view, corruption has increased 47 times. Before, we had few provinces ... view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for this opportunity. In my humble view, I ask the Committee to consider removing all of (e) and (h). This is because there is a lot of traffic in Nairobi. We cannot have people travelling with sirens on when everybody is stuck in traffic. We should keep this list as short as possible. I do not see any governors here. It is okay. I did not want governors here, anyway. I am saying that we should delete all of (e) and (h). I do not agree with this list. Paragraph (e) proposes deletion of ... view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 10 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for allowing me this chance to stand with the rest of the nation and fellow Members of Parliament in consoling the family of the late hon. Muchai and the great people of Kabete. It was a very sad day when the incident took place at about 3.00 o’clock in the morning. Today, we are all asking questions. Kenyans from every corner are asking a very important question - that if that can happen to a Member of Parliament, then what about their security. I agree with the sentiments of hon. Yusuf that there are serious loopholes ... view
• 2 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I, the undersigned, on behalf of business owners and residents operating and living along the Old Mombasa Road/Maasai Road A, B and C in Nairobi County, draw the attention of the House to the following:- THAT, the road is an important link for the commercial, industrial and residential areas around Old Mombasa Road. However, the road has had improper drainage system for a very long time, leading to perennial seasonal flooding, making the road impassable especially during the rainy season; THAT, the road is dusty, causing respiratory ailments among road users and businesses along the road have stalled ... view
• 2 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: (ii) investigates to establish how the Kshs.100 million allocated for the upgrading of the road was dispensed. And your petitioners will ever pray. view