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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. H.K. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a Member of this Committee and I must admit that we really interrogated all the stakeholders in this tender. We were also alive to the fact that the elephant in this particular tender was whether it met the required constitutional threshold and also the other legal requirements such as the Public Procurement and Disposal Act. Indeed, we were alive to Article 227 of our Constitution that requires public entities as they procure goods and services, to do so in a method that is cost-effective, transparent, accountable, and that which delivers value for money for purposes of achieving social and economic justice to the populace. However, we were also alive to Section 74 of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act that allows direct procurement among other methods of procurement. In the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, there are various methods that a procuring entity can use and, more so, the encouragement of competitive bidding, so that Section 2 of the Constitution is at all times achieved. It talks about the value for money. Public procurement is the biggest market in an economy like Kenya. In supporting this Motion, I am more interested in whether this tender achieved the required constitutional and legal threshold. I would like to dwell more on Section 74 of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act which outlays the fact that when a public entity is procuring goods and services through single sourcing, what is the threshold? The 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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