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    "id": 431999,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Simiyu",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Eseli Simiyu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. As I said when I was contributing to this Bill, this clause is specifically meant to circumvent the Public Procurement Act, because some people have gone on record saying that the Public Procurement Act is convoluted and difficult to implement. What I know is that if somebody is using that Public Procurement Act genuinely and properly, it is not difficult to implement. Even if this clause is left without the amendments of the Chair of the Committee, it still exists purely to circumvent the Public Procurement Act. This is because there is no provision here then for the Public Procurement Act to come into play. This particular clause will only allow certain foreign interests to circumvent our Public Procurement Act. To ameliorate the problem, we can temporarily accept the amendments of the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade, though they are grossly inadequate. We will have to amend it later."
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