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    "id": 523294,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/523294/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyenze",
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        "legal_name": "Francis Mwanzia Nyenze (Deceased)",
        "slug": "francis-mwanzia-nyenze"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving me this chance to contribute to this very important Bill; the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill, National Assembly Bill, No.40 of 2014. I note that this Bill has a deadline and it is good that it has come because those who have known this country for a long time know that Kenya can be described as a country of 42 million people and 18 million live below the poverty line. When we talk about living below the poverty line, I mean they earn less than Kshs100 a day. That is 18 million Kenyans. The other 20 million Kenyans are poor; they earn that Kshs100 a day but because of the cost of living because times are very hard; the cost of food and goods is high, they are also nearly in that category. That makes 38 million poor Kenyans. Then we have only 1,000 Kenyans who are super rich; who own 80 per cent of the economy. All this has come about because of poor procurement laws and implementation. It is through this Bill that the Committee seeks to rectify this situation so that we move forward and distribute wealth equally so that we do not have instability in this country. The Bill is important because public procurement plays a social, economic and political function. Economically, we know that public procurement consumes 11 per cent of the GDP and 30 per cent of the Budget. Those are colossal amounts of money and if they are managed well, they will create wealth and redistribute it so that every region in this country can develop at the same pace as the rest of the country."
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