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    "id": 1010290,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mvita, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "Let us not dwell on anything else because I want my colleagues to hear me and appreciate what was entailed in doing this Report. I remember one of the first things that triggered this was when the CEO misled this Committee. I remember at that time the current Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning asked the simple question. You are looking at bringing other players into this industry. He said this is not a tender, but a prequalification. Hon. Gladys Wanga will bear me witness on those words. Other Members here realised things that the Auditor-General had actually said, that there was faked documentation by the said companies. If I start getting into the nitty-gritty and the details, I will not finish any single one. However, we have documented all these matters. We have explained. We did not even stop there. We asked: Have you been able to seek the concurrence and advice of the Attorney-General of this country? We did not ask once, twice or thrice. We saw a situation where things were going haywire when Parliament was summoned to court by stakeholders regarding the same matter. We said this matter has a danger. Did you seek concurrence of the Attorney-General? The Attorney- General’s concurrence was done after every mishap had already happened. I want to read what the Attorney-General of this country says. The Attorney-General says it is unfortunate that KEBS forwarded draft addenda to the contracts to this office for review and legal clearance without disclosing that there was a fresh tender for enlargement of services. The Attorney-General is the chief legal advisor of the Executive and we are the ones who pass the laws. It is important for State corporations to seek legal advice from the Attorney-General. It further goes ahead and says: “From the letter dated 21st February 2020, it is noted that the tender process for the enlargement of service was challenged at the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) and through a petition filed in the High Court.” The KEBS did not give that information to the Attorney-General. The KEBS was summoned by PIC and they were asked to answer questions and give guidance to this office. This is something that KEBS did not do. I can see time is not on my side, but to round it all up, forget about the words of the Attorney-General, the Members of Parliament or even those who came and misled this Committee. I want you Members to listen to the words of KEBS itself in their report."
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