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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, I may not have anything useful to add to what the Leader of the Majority Party has well-articulated, but just to remind Hon. Members that these particular Bills are very important and vital to the development of this country. You will all agree with me that matters tax and procurement are no longer a preserve of the few well-learned people. It is now a matter that is in public domain. Everyone wants to discuss procurement or tax. Nowadays, you cannot lie to people. You cannot tell them what the law says. They already know. In particular, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill is very vital. It is actually seeking to realign the procurement procedures with Article 227 of the Constitution, so as to make public procurement policies as equitable, competitive, transparent and cost-effective as possible. It is very important that we pass this Bill. Just to remind Hon. Members, our Calendar is quite full, even beyond the 5th of December. When we break for recess from 5th, we will proceed for the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Games in Mombasa until the 18th of December. Thereafter, it is Christmas and every one of us, of course, wants to engage and spend some time with their family. In January, most Hon. Members here, who are parents, will be running up and down to take their children to school and help their constituents with bursaries and such kind of things. We will start the next session in the month of February. If we do not dispense with these Bills within this predetermined time, which is very limited, between now and 5th, we will have a huge challenge fixing everything that pertains to these particular important Bills. With those many remarks, I beg to second."
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