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    "id": 1255441,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1255441/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kuria",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Kuria",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Veronica Maina for that question. There is no distinction or exception in the way we treat edible oil in terms of procurement framework from other commodities. I expected a question on whether we single-sourced rice and maize, which we are importing or releasing for the source of other products. There is no distinction. We did not single-source. We pre-qualify suppliers from time to time continuously under the framework agreed upon with the public procurement authority. We do that because we did not receive any funding from the Exchequer. Suppose we go out there and do a public tender and the lowest bidder is above the market, we are going to be obligated to do that. That is why we presented our case to the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) and we told the Authority to look it from the point that we are not the only trader. In fact, we should not be trading. The Government of Kenya should not be trading in normal circumstances. We should not be importing. This is not our job."
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