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    "id": 523292,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon.H. K. Njuguna",
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        "legal_name": "Humphrey Kimani Njuguna",
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    "content": "I will briefly touch on Part X and I will dwell much in it because hon. (Eng.) Gumbo gave it a very good touch. This is procurement of professional services. I would like to reemphasize that professionals offer services of intellectual nature and it is very important that the way they conduct their business is respected. I will give you an example for purposes of understanding the issue that I am raising. You cannot tell a doctor to quote fees because he does not know how long the treatment will take. You may even eventually die in the process but it is very important to appreciate that doctors have a way they are regulated in the way they go about their business. Similarly, hon. Speaker, I know you are a lawyer. You cannot be told to quote fees by way of procurement because the case might even end up in the Supreme Court and you do not know how long it would take. So for professions, the anatomy and chemistry, it should be appreciated by this law and that is why they are regulated. That is why we have professional bodies so that they can take charge. Their elimination orders are well articulated. Some are even gazetted for the benefit of the professions, the consumers and the entire country. This is an area which has been handled very badly by the existing law. So I intend to bring the necessary amendments so that this mischief can be cured moving forward. 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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