Uhuru Kenyatta

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Entries 1581 to 1590 of 1613.

• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have witnessed many charged before courts of law with some of what we are discussing today. However, the truth of the matter and actually the reason I believe that this House in its wisdom chose to reject the last Report is that we found it difficult to believe that this could have taken place with some junior civil servants and some unknown businessmen being the culprits. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Committee notes that that third leg in the stool; the third leg that was missing in the first Report, was provided by Mr. John Githongo in ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is on page one of this Report. It states:- "The Department of Immigration requested the Ministerial Tender Committee in the Office of the President for authority to procure a passport issuing system through restricted tendering citing the security nature of passports and the issuing system. This was supported by the Ministerial Tender Committee". As you will see, a number of firms were invited to tender namely, De La Rue Identity Systems of the United Kingdom, AIT International PLC of the United Kingdom, Face Technologies of South Africa, Setec OY of Finland, and Johannes Enschede of Netherlands. ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that notwithstanding, on 1st April, 2003, a firm by the name of Anglo Leasing and Finance Limited supported now, not with the Department of Immigration but with the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Vice-President and Ministry of Home Affairs, what appears to be an unsolicited technical proposal for the supply, installation of an immigration security document control system which in its proposal the firm indicated--- 382 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 5, 2006 view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just trying to figure out where I was before I was interrupted. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, they were prepared not only to supply and install the system through its sub-contractor, Francois-Charles Obethur Fiduiare of Paris, but they also submitted alongside, a proposal for financing. It is not clear to any of us how this firm, Anglo Leasing and Finance Company Limited provided this information since it seemed completely unsolicited. Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, it was not clear to this Committee how Anglo Leasing and Finance Company Limited managed to fit to the button requirements that had been made by the committee that had been set up. I am sure, you have noted that ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, absolutely, yes. They are actually with the HANSARD Division. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: In fact, it is not only the tape recordings that are available, but your HANSARD Division also actually has transcribed those tapes. So you can actually get the transcripts of those particular tape recordings. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Committee inquired from Mr. Githongo why he found it necessary to tape his colleagues. Mr. Githongo told us that he did so after he informed His Excellency the President about it. He did it because of the nature of what he was about to do. He said that it was because it would have been his word against the word of all ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Those individuals and the system is what our Committee, through its recommendations, is asking this House to uproot. Our Committee is not just asking for those individuals to be uprooted, but saying that we can no longer continue to throw away our issues of corruption to some junior servants. Time has come for us as a nation, to begin taking political accountability for our actions. April 5, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 385 Mr. Speaker, Sir, a lot has been said and will continue to be said. However, what is clear and the simple truth is that, unless this House decides to ... view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as it will be proved in later contracts, we are paying three times the cost of an item. For example, the police helicopters that were purchased, we paid three times what other countries like India and Pakistan actually paid. It is clear to all of us. I acknowledge that all those contracts are there in the Report and that particular contract was signed, I think, in 2001. It is clear and it is a fact. That would have meant that had we paid the right prices, every single province in this country would have a police helicopter. view
• 5 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Those needy areas where rapid reaction is necessitated and where people are losing their lives, we would be having policemen on the ground to secure the lives of Kenyans. But those lives are not being secured because a few individuals have pocketed that money. view