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    "id": 517916,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/517916/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Isaac Maigua Mwaura",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I rise to support the Senate Amendments with regard to Clause 3 as provided in the Order Paper. Those amendments seek to further clarify the ownership of companies that would qualify for that preferential public procurement. If, for example, you look at the definitions of “persons with disabilities, women and youth,” it is very clear that they should own, at least, 70 per cent of the companies to qualify to be defined as such. Therefore, this will ensure that we do away with the issue of “tenderprenuership” where just for qualification and compliance, those disadvantaged groups are used by people who are moneyed, who can canvass and who have been in the gravy train to fulfill the obligations of the new law. So, that threshold is quite high and it is going to ensure that, indeed, there is going to be more empowerment and enrichment of those disadvantaged groups of people with regard to participation in business."
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