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    "id": 1024315,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1024315/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera East, EFP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omar Mohamed",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13416,
        "legal_name": "Omar Mohamed Maalim Hassan",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity. I sit in the PIC and I wish to state at the outset that it has not been easy coming up with this Report of the 48 parastatals. There are five or seven common elements in all the 48 parastatals. One of them is the issue of procurement. Ninety-five per cent of these State corporations do not adhere to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act. They have no procurement plans. They haphazardly advertise for projects and tender for projects knowing very well that they may not have the financial capability to complete such projects. It is very disturbing to see a project whose tender is awarded to a particular contractor only for the contract sum to be varied by over 300 per cent a year later. So, the issue of variation of project contract sums is a common element that is in these parastatals. Most of the road parastatals have this problem. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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