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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for that protection. Mr. Muite has asked a question regarding the seven companies that I named. They are actually the companies that we invited to submit their proposals. Just for the information of hon. Members, the procurement regulations give two options. Where the skills that are required are limited, you could list down all the companies that have those skills and request them, in total, to express an interest in performing the task. Where a skill is generally available, we are allowed to open that out for everyone to apply for the tender. Now, the skills that we were looking for are limited in supply to a specific number of contractors who can provide that skill. We went through the profiles of several firms and even looked at the seven top firms on a global basis. I said, earlier on, that we had proposals from SGS, Bureau Veritas, Cotecna, Dispute Analytic of USA, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst and Young and KPMG. These are the firms that are internationally reputed in terms of providing this kind of forensic intervention that we required. We asked all these firms to bid for this work. However, only two of them expressed interest that they would be happy to do this kind of work. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is important for hon. Members to appreciate that we are talking of very technical issues here."
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