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    "id": 522810,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. M’uthari",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1576,
        "legal_name": "Joseph M'eruaki M'uthari",
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    "content": "Thank you, Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise from the outset to support this Bill. It is an important Bill because it is aligning the procurement and disposal of assets to the Constitution. This Bill is important as we know procurement is important as it creates opportunities for many. As we pass this Bill, it is important to take clauses that involve provision of service and especially those that say that goods that are purchased should be from within the country. We have seen ourselves exporting most of our jobs to foreign land especially China. Even things that can be procured locally are imported. We are exporting jobs to other countries. This law should be able to have preferential treatment for our own manufacturers or makers of goods without compromising the quality. We can also create competition within. Even those countries that have goods with high value, it is because they have been facilitated. This is an area, as a government, we must have investment in. In cases where local and foreign companies are competing, our local company should have preferential treatment otherwise, we have no possibility of reaching the level of other people. Within this law, we have to look at the services being procured like professional services. If there are things like consultancy, do they do the same as the purchase of goods? These are the things we may need to look at. We need to bring amendments to areas that are not friendly to the Kenyan people or Kenyan manufacturers. At the end of 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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