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    "id": 1007289,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir CWR, PDR",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Fatuma Gedi",
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        "legal_name": "Fatuma Gedi Ali",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I said, these are very important regulations. This is the third set of regulations that has come to this House because of Article 115. Let me just be brief and say that the Committee examined the Procurement and Asset Disposal Regulations, 2020 and found that the scrutiny was undertaken following the publication in the Gazette. I will just be quick. The Regulations were published in the Gazette on 22nd April and submitted to the Clerk of the National Assembly on 30th April. In terms of the statutory instruments, it was okay. In terms of public participation, the regulation-making authority demonstrated that public participation was adequately conducted and attached copies of the report of the multi-sectoral task force that came before the Committee made up of the Council of Governors, the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) and professional bodies such as the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority, the Kenya Institute of Supplies Management, Accounting Officers of Ministerial Department Agencies and County Executive Committees Members of Finance, the civil society and development partners. That, in itself, tells you that they were satisfied with these Regulations. There were county participation forums in 43 out of 47 counties between 19th September 2019 and 9th October 2019. The Cabinet approved these Regulations on 22nd December 2019. There was engagement with the Attorney General’s Office. There was also pre-publication engagement with the Committee on Delegated Legislation. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in a nutshell, the Committee is satisfied that the Regulations do not require Regulatory Impact Statement according to Sections 6, 7 and 8 of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, since they seek to regulate procurement procedures both at national and county levels."
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