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    "id": 523352,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/523352/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
        "slug": "chrisantus-wamalwa-wakhungu"
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    "content": "competition. When we have big business projects of Kshs5 billion plus, we see a lot of international organizations come here. We are seeing China come in so much. We need to have a clause to safeguard our local contracts the way it is done in Tanzania. They could come in the form of a local partnership so that the local partners also benefit in terms of technological transfer. If you are going to leave this clause that states that the international treaties take precedence, then there will be a problem. We had an issue with SGR. The China Roads and Bridges Company that was awarded the contract is the same company that had proposed to do a free design. It is the same company that went to the China Government to look for a way of going through the EXIM Bank to bring in the conditionality that because it is getting money from international sources, it must circumvent the procurement law. So, unless we have that clause in place, we are going to have a problem. We cannot just come and say: “Where we have an international convention ratified by Kenya in such circumstances, the terms of the treaty or the agreement will prevail.” I strongly oppose and I am going to propose some amendments for us to put this thing in place."
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