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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Wahome",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Muthoni Wahome",
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    "content": "I stand guided, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I think he is the one who is misdirecting his thoughts. I am very much focused; I have never mentioned the name of Raila in these issues. I want to say that the Procurement and the Disposal Act has been utilized using Section 34. I am sure hon. Members are also eager and keen to put our security right. The PPOA told the Committee that they looked at various issues; the request for direct procurement was interrogated, the request for approval sought was presented by a special security committee and Safaricom was also invited. Evaluation was carried out and negotiations were done. That equipment will be paid for in five years. Indeed, there is a proposal that it could even be paid for in seven years. Part of it would be met through the spectrum which is part of the wealth for this country. It is right and fair at this particular time that we think positively. These stadia have taken over ten years to achieve; that is from 2002. Even people who came close to secure this tender before Safaricom were just a quick consortium put up for purposes of obtaining business. This is the only time we can rely on capacity for infrastructure, which Safaricom has. Concerns have been raised regarding the independence and ownership of those security systems because they will not belong to Safaricom. The Committee interrogated those fears. The report has looked at that and in Annexure 3, I am sure the Chairman may have highlighted that the system will be owned by multi-agencies. Our security agencies will own the cameras, the entire information system and the data. We are merely using the infrastructure by Safaricom, namely, the masts. So, the fears that, maybe, tomorrow---"
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