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    "id": 1251206,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Miano",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and Regional Development",
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    "content": "(b) Who are the suppliers of relief food under these programmes from 2017 to date and could the Cabinet Secretary state the amount paid to the respective suppliers and indicate the pending bills accrued, if any? Mr. Speaker, Sir, regarding the period spanning 2017 to October 2021, and also from October to January 2023, this particular query was redirected to the State Department for Devolution and the State Department for Social Protection and Senior Affairs for competent adjudication and response. This is because this function was only transferred to my Ministry through the Executive Order No.1of January 2023, and we have only handled this function for the past five months or so. The Ministry did not inherit any pending bills as far as relief supply is concerned. Payments to the current suppliers for the five months is ongoing because delivery and supplies continue. In the appendix, we have provided a list of the suppliers that are sourced through the supply branch. (c) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the tendering process used to award the tenders and provide details of the types of food products procured and the price per unit in respect of the current programmes? Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development, through the State Department of Public Works, that is the Supplies Branch Department, pre-qualifies contractors for supplies of goods and services to various Government Ministries, Departments and agencies every two years or as and when it is necessary. The Ministry of EAC, ASALs and Regional Development uses the list of pre- qualified contractors to identify appropriate suppliers for various commodities for relief programmes. The Supplies Branch agreement referenced as a contract No.53 dated January 2023 was issued. The details of the framework contracts of supply and delivery of dry foods is also attached. It has about 400 providers. Procurement of relief food and humanitarian emergency response are based on the provisions of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act of 2015 and as guided by the Supply Branch. The types of food products that were procured from January to May when this department was in my docket was rice, sindano grade of 50 kilogrammes and the cost in January was Kshs7,250. Various types of beans were packaged in 50 kilogrammes bags and the price was Kshs7,500. We did not purchase maize, vegetable oils and other fortified foods."
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