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    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, I rise to support this amendment by hon. Sakaja. This is a very important amendment because it will actualize the pronouncement by the President that the youth, women, and the people with disability have to be considered when awarding this procurement. It is high time as a country we became a bit more serious as far as procurement and awarding of tenders is concerned. As we speak about employment and about all these things we are exporting most of our jobs and opportunities to other countries. Actually, it is like we have become mortgaged by the Chinese because we buy almost everything from China. We are also taking our contracts to China and other places. Unless we grow our own companies--- Sometimes we say that our companies cannot do it because they have no capacity, but there is no knowledge that even those countries that have grown economically such as Egypt and other places--- They strengthen their own companies and by doing so they are able to make them strong so that they can get these kind of contracts. So, by making specific reference to our youth, the women and people with disability then we will be able to empower them. They will have money and that way we can change their livelihood. We, however, need to look at the whole procurement process. This is because even as we put this in place, it may so happen that those people in the procurement will end up colluding and actually make those who are qualified to appear as if they do not qualify. At the end of the day we need to safeguard this so that the youth who have been identified have the opportunity to take up the jobs. That way we will grow the economy and even empower them. There is so much about the youth and the women. What is happening is that men might also get marginalized. We, therefore, need to look at the whole element. I support this amendment. We need to take a proactive role and look at the whole question of procurement and how we award our tenders and contracts to companies. Otherwise we are sending away the jobs and making other people grow as we go down disempowering ourselves. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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