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    "id": 1144980,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bills No.32 of 2021), be now read a Second Time. The principle objective of this Bill is to amend the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act of 2015 to address certain challenges faced by procuring entities in the implementation of the Act, and especially with regard to awarding of contracts. These are issues that have come up, lessons learnt from petitions that have been taken to the Disputes Tribunal, issues that have come from the courts and petitions to the various committees. As Members would appreciate, the main objective of the amendment to the procurement law of 2015, which amended the earlier law that had come ten years before, is to create that governance framework on public procurement to drive the behavior towards achieving some certain public procurement objectives. These include better transparency, good management, accountability, control among other things, and put value for money principles that have been captured within our Constitution. This Bill introduces various amendments that are geared towards streamlining this. If I just enumerate a few, first it proposes to amend the definition of procurement profession by expanding that definition to include other institutions which offer membership and professional qualification in procurement and supply chain management. Additionally, it also proposes to introduce the 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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