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"content": "On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do highly appreciate the Ministerâs action to reduce the cost, but is he in order to avoid answering the question? I stated very clearly that the letter from the Ministry which awarded the contract to Japan Port Consultants was written on 1st April, 2010. That means there was only one financial bid which was looked at. Before you awarded, one expected you to study the rates and award based on negotiations. That was not done. Yet on 21st September, 2010, exactly five months after the letter of award was done, he writes without giving reason stating that they negotiated again. They are the procuring entity. They negotiated with Japan Port Consultants and awarded them at Kshs3 billion. I ask him to clarify what necessitated these negotiations yet they are the ones who awarded Japan Port Consultants five months earlier based on their figure of Kshs3 billion. He has not clarified."
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