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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Yes, that is out of the 15 when you rotate around. However, when it comes to the specific quorum of the entire Board, it has been left hanging and this is likely to be abused. We need to clarify so that somebody looking at it knows there is nowhere in these Clauses where there is that specificity. Clause 27 provides for the Public Procurement Review Board. This is the Board that is going to be in charge of appeals that people are going to bring in, in terms of complaints. Clause 29 talks of composition. The President had issued an Executive Order that 30 per cent of the procurement business should go to the youth. However, when you look at the representation here, there is no youth at all. They are just talking of regional balance and gender. For purposes of clarity, we will also bring some amendments so that we can cover regional balance bearing in mind gender and youth representation. We cannot implement the Executive Order unless we have the youth themselves being represented in this Review Board. Clause 6 talks about conflicts with international treaties. We have a big problem here. We cannot allow international treaties to take precedence over our Constitution. Article 227 of the Constitution is very clear in terms of bringing in the issue 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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