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    "id": 1152551,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to make my contribution in support of The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Amendment (Amendment) Bill, 2021. This Bill is very important. Before the introduction of this law in 2003 or thereabout, it was not easy to get opportunities, unless you had connections at the highest level of public entities. I remember before the introduction of this law, in the legal profession, we used to have lawyers who were perceived to be highly connected. Doing legal work in the parastatals was a preserve of a few law firms. However, this law opened up business for law firms within the public sector. Many law firms have benefitted from doing business with public entities like the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) and so on. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the coming into force of the devolved system of government in 2013, the hope of many professionals was that opportunities would extend to the counties. Many professionals would have opportunities to do business with counties, so that we create more employment opportunities to our youth. If you look at various professionals such as auditors, lawyers, or surveyors, when they thrive in their businesses, it opens up opportunities for our youth. I am talking about the youth who go up to Form Four level, but they do not attain qualifications to proceed to our universities. They get absorbed into those offices to serve as clerks and messengers. This is only possible if we support professionals to do business with our public entities including county governments. Anytime I see a law that tries to make the playing field fair for all professionals, I do nothing more than to support. That is why I am quite happy that the proposal is actually an attempt to strengthen the provisions in The Pubic Procurement and Asset Disposal Act. They will open more opportunities for the vulnerable in society, including our women, the youth and PWD. Our hope is that as we pass these amendments, those who have been privileged to be chief executives of our public entities will make more opportunities available to these The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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