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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge the Minister for Finance under whom the Procurement Act falls to re-look at the Act that, we passed in the last Parliament. Every investor that you come across complains about the cumbersome process of procurement in this country. Procurement in our neighbouring countries and competitors like Uganda and Tanzania takes 30 days or even less. In Kenya, the process can sometimes take up to nine months. You only need to visit the Ministry of Roads to know how long the process of getting a road tarmacked takes. They start with a pre-feasibility study, then feasibility, post-feasibility, evaluation and re-evaluation. The whole process is a waste of time! The colonialists built the railway line from Mombasa to Kampala without a feasibility study. This railway line has served this country for the last 100 years. I am sure that we can rise to the occasion and amend this Act for a quicker growth of our economy. I urge the Committee responsible for finance to re-look at the procurement laws that we passed in this House so that they can recommend a simplification of the procurement process both for the private and public sector. The biggest organization to do business with in any country is Government. If it is difficult to do business with Government because of cumbersome legal processes, then this House has a duty to the country to simplify the process so that we can get things moving fast."
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