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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogari",
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        "legal_name": "Simon Ogari Arama",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the issue we are talking about could have actually been addressed if we had continued with the second part of my proposed amendment. We discussed this amendment for too long. What we are saying here is very unfair; it borders on a bit of illegality or unfairness for the four, five or ten of us to go ahead and open tenders, after which they are read out in public and I go home knowing that I lost or won the tender but later on, I am told that the tender of so-and-so was corrected and his figure is now lower than mine. It becomes very unfair. It beats the whole purpose of tendering. The issue is that there are obviously errors. As somebody who has a lot of experience, having been involved in tendering of a lot for contractors and other big bidders, most of the errors are intentional. We introduce them intentionally, in the form of discounts or as a way of providing room for negotiation later on, which is corruption. I actually gave a clear example in the Committee that if I tender Kshs25 million and somebody else tenders Kshs30 million, I am number one but there is room for a Kshs5 million loot. We agree to correct my tender by Kshs4.9 million and share that amount of money. We are also trying to beat corruption here. The second part of my amendment addresses that aspect. If you do not mind, I can read it out."
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