{"id":144700,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/144700/?format=json","text_counter":172,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"This Section goes further to say, in Subsection (3):- “A procurement entity may use direct procurement if the following are satisfied:- (a) there is an urgent need for the goods, works or services being procured; (b) because of the urgency, the other available methods of procurement are impractical; (c) circumstances that gave rise to the urgency were not foreseeable and were not the result of the deliberate conduct on the part of the procurement entity.” M/s Cotetna then did carry out the test and charged Kshs25,520. So, I want to inform the House that proper procedure was followed in contracting the agency."}