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    "id": 1378822,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1378822/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13199,
        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly on the recommendations by the Committee--- I would like Sen. Wamatinga to hear this but Sen. Veronica Maina is distracting him. There is a recommendation listed in 226 which says that where applicable, Kenya Power should utilise restricted tendering. I oppose that recommendation for a reason. We should encourage open tendering for procurement of almost every public good. The reason we do open tendering is so that people get value for money. When you start talking about restricted tendering for Kenya Power which is already enjoying a monopoly, then you are compromising the principle of value for money. Instead of pushing for restricted tendering for Kenya Power, why not push for investment efficiency within Kenya Power and all its departments, so that we do not have a situation where we procure over 4,000 transformers and almost all of them blow up after connection? The issue, especially, of procurement of transformers by Kenya Power is a matter I would have loved to see direct recommendations on in this Report. This country has been treated to many games when it comes to procurement of transformers either by the Kenya Power, the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (KETRACO), the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) or an entity that procures transformers. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I am in support of this Report, but those issues need to be looked into. I thank you."
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