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    "id": 523286,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/523286/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon.H. K. Njuguna",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1508,
        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "case of complaints, you appear before it. It is the court on public procurement matters. In this Bill, the membership of the Board shall be 15. My concern is that a few professionals should not monopolise the Board. It should reflect the face of Kenya because procurement is a concern for the whole country. Very important professionals have been left out such as surveyors, valuers, IT experts and economists. The Bill has provided for 15 members, but I feel that members of these other professions should also be included. The matters and issues that they deal with keep on coming up in this administrative Board. The nomination of the members of the Board, in my opinion, should be done by the professional bodies, which have the mandate and know their members in terms of integrity and standing. Therefore, the people they are likely to forward for nomination are of high integrity, moral standing and who can give the society what is expected in this Bill. Clause 32 talks about the members of the Administrative Review Board as being full-time members. I have an issue with that. In the past, they have been part-time, but moving forward it is important to appreciate the role of this Board and the fact that it controls, regulates and listens to cases involving over Kshs1 trillion in terms of Government expenditure and in terms of purchases of goods and services. Therefore, an"
}