Gachagua defends Murkomen on JKIA leaking roofs remarks

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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has come to the defense of  Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen following his statement on JKIA's leaking roof. https://rb.gy/w3kyux

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00:00 What the CSKP is talking about the airport,

00:02 I've seen some people castigating when he said yesterday what happened about JKI.

00:08 Well, that is the truth.

00:10 JKI was done at a massive cost,

00:14 but today it's a shame to this profession of engineers and architects.

00:20 Public resources were expended.

00:23 When you go there, you feel sorry.

00:27 But engineers, QSs and architects certified.

00:32 And on the basis of that certification, payments were made.

00:35 And that's why I agree with the CS.

00:37 I think, Engineer Mungera, we may want to look at the law

00:42 where professionals are held accountable for lapses

00:50 and for misleading the taxpayer

00:56 by certifying shorter jobs and probably they become culpable,

01:02 criminal.

01:04 I think that would help this country.

01:07 Your Excellency, professional negligence,

01:12 even though these engineers are doing a great job,

01:16 the fear of having some few of them breaking the law,

01:22 committing acts of professional negligence

01:25 has led, Your Excellency, to sometimes very poor bridges being built or infrastructure.

01:31 Your Excellency, you know, we have an airport in Nairobi

01:35 that we renovated just the other day.

01:38 We haven't even commissioned it.

01:40 We were hoping to invite you and the President to come and commission.

01:43 Before commissioning, it's leaking, Your Excellency.

01:46 And you ask yourself,

01:48 who was the professional in charge of the standards that are required,

01:53 including the resident engineer of that place?

01:56 We need, and I agree with Engineering Engineers Board of Kenya,

02:01 that we need a register that registers all projects

02:06 and the engineers who supervise the projects,

02:10 the resident engineer and the people who are undertaking,

02:12 the contractors who are undertaking that work,

02:14 so that we can track, Your Excellency,

02:17 the people who are operating in our infrastructure

02:21 and make sure that we hold them into account.

02:23 And therefore, we support Engineering Board of Kenya

02:25 in making sure that we register all these professionals

02:28 and register their project and hold them accountable.

02:32 Thank you.

02:33 [END]

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