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    "id": 523284,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/523284/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon.H. K. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "Even with the law, we have had challenges because of political patronage. In all these scandals that I have mentioned, there is the invisible hand of political patronage. According to the latest Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) survey, over 80 per cent of all the corruption cases that they investigate relate to public procurement. One of the weaknesses has been failure to promote our local industries like hon. (Eng.) Gumbo has mentioned. There is also conflict of this law with other laws.Going through this Bill, I have various concerns. One of my concerns, like hon. (Eng.) Gumbo has mentioned, is Clause 2 where there is an attempt to define “consultancy services:. For me, the definition therein is very narrow because consultants are regulated both in training and in law. I am going to bring in necessary amendments so that the concerns of professionals are taken care of. Like hon. (Eng.) Gumbo mentioned, Clause 5 of this Bill ousts the jurisdiction of other statutes. This is more so when it comes to professionally regulated services like medicine, architecture and law. In the past, this ousting of jurisdiction of other statutes, the law in a way of trying to procure these services was generating a lot of undercutting, unhealthy competition and the net result has been compromising service delivery."
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