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    "speaker_name": "Mr. J. Nyagah",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nthiga Nyagah",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I withdraw the use of the word, \"stealing\". If out of the procurement processes we are illegally taking funds to the tune of Kshs50 billion or Kshs100 billion, how much can that amount of money do for this country? I want to ask Parliament to become the biggest donor to this country. The biggest donor does not give us Kshs30 billion a year. If Parliament was to approve what hon. Dr. Julia Ojiambo has brought before this House, it would be credited as being the biggest donor to Kenyans with about Kshs30 billions in terms of savings. That is why we are pleading with this House to support it. She is authorised to go back and prepare a Bill that will come to this House for approval. I am praying and hoping that it will have the full support of Members because there is nothing better than having a country that is assumed to be corruption free. The people who facilitate corruption are the under-paid officers, those without status and the less important. Procurement professionals in the private sector and those in the public sector must be at the same level. That is because they work together. We do not want the ones in the private sector to be better qualified than those in the public sector to avoid being misused. There are many good practitioners in the Government. But they are \"sat\" on! They have no influence. So, to have a good image, this Bill should be passed. We can have a team of lawyers from the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), doctors and engineers. If we have people who have masters degrees or Doctor of Philosophy (Phd) in procurement procedures, we would be very proud of them. They can set the correct standards for this country. That way, we can be seen as a country fighting corruption. Let us not cheat ourselves that the law was passed two years ago. It was passed theoretically, but the real one has not been passed. With those few remarks, I second this Motion."
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