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    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to begin from where the Leader of the Majority has stopped with the example of the East African Marine Cable. If we get all manner of brokers as he has said and any of them can offer a better deal and negotiate with those two providers then, why not? We are talking about public funds being used and we must ensure it is in the most prudent and efficient way. I can hear the Leader of the Majority Party saying these are private funds. They are private funds which private investors are coming to invest in public assets and goods. At the end of the day, the public will pay through taxes. When you build a road, you will charge the public a toll for it. I do not want to oppose but think we should be careful with what we are doing. If you look at the Bill itself, it provides for direct procurement which to me is more evil than restricted tendering. But the conditions which matter is the ones under which you allow direct procurement and restricted tendering. I want to implore the Chair when she gets to Clause 44A, even as I support her to look at the Bill on direct procurement. It allows for direct procurement if there is an urgent need for the works or services when any other procurement method is impractical. This is a sure avenue to direct corruption and not procurement. The same way clause 44A(b) says it will allow restricted tendering if the time and cost required to examine and evaluate large number of tenders will be disproportionate to the value for works or services to be procured. Again, to me this opens another avenue for people to 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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