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    "id": 225847,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/225847/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oparanya",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 201,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya",
        "slug": "wycliffe-oparanya"
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    "content": ". With the establishment of an institute, procurement officers will have the mandate to ensure that procurement is done in a professional manner. You have heard the Mover say that we lose billions of shillings through procurement annually. In fact, 6 per cent of the total Budget is lost because of poor or fraudulent procurement. That accounts for about Kshs30 billion annually. Once we have proper procurement officers in place, that money will be saved. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Bill seeks to establish an examination board, which will make sure that procurement officers go through proper training, examination and are issued with proper certificates. It also seeks to establish the registration board. Once established, the two boards will operate from different locations by different people, so that they can act independently. Having gone through the Bill, I would like to bring to the notice of the Mover, two or three issues. One, the Bill seeks to provide for the chairman of the institute, who is supposed to have experience of five years. In all other professions, once one is qualified, whether one has experience of one month or two months, one qualifies to be a chairman. However, this Bill imposes the condition that the chairman of the proposed institute will need five years' experience. Secondly, the Bill is not gender sensitive. In most of its provisions, it refers to \"he\" instead of referring to \"he\" or \"she\". So, I hope that this situation will be corrected. Lastly, on the Disciplinary Committee, the Bill provides for eight members. I feel that among those members, there should be an accountant or someone who is well versed with financial matters to help in those disciplinary matters. Otherwise, I support the Bill. We have gone through it and the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade has nothing to add. I am happy that what we proposed has been incorporated. I, therefore, wish to second the Bill"
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