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    "id": 522693,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/522693/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Limo",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Kirui Limo",
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    "content": "If you look at Clause 158(8), it is a very important. We must perfect it further. It reads:- “In applying the preferences and reservations in this section- (a) exclusive preference should be given to citizens of Kenya where- (i) the funding is 100% cent from the national Government or county government or a Kenyan body; and---” That will remove the notion where people argue that it is a donor-funded project to the extent that we even forget when it is funded by the Government. This clause will ensure that any funding to projects by the national Government or the county governments must give preference to Kenyan firms. When the amounts are below the prescribed threshold, that threshold is the one that we need to look at. In this law, we should not put thresholds to discriminate, regardless of whether a Kenyan is given the tender or not. In fact, in (b), it also says:- “a prescribed margin of preference shall be given- (i) in the evaluation of tenders to candidates offering goods manufactured, assembled, mined, extracted or grown in Kenya; or (ii) works, goods and services where preference may be applied depending on the percentage of shareholding of the locals on a graduating scale as prescribed”. What this clause is trying to achieve - and it can still be perfected - is the fact that most of the contracts should be given to Kenyans. I am happy because it is very specific. Even the people who have doubts in the counties and thinking that this House is making laws for the national Government only, should note that it is very specific now. It should apply to both. They should not be travelling out looking for contractors when things can be done in Kenya. We should perfect it to require that in a case where a firm which is not owned by Kenyans is given a contract, everything that they are using, including spare parts and materials, should be procured from firms which manufacture those items in Kenya, even if they are donor-funded. We should give this country a competitive edge. That is how we are going to ensure that our youths get jobs. If we require, for instance, that when the Chinese will be building the Standard Gauge Railway, materials like bolts can be 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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