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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogari",
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        "legal_name": "Simon Ogari Arama",
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    "content": "Well, it is unlikely but, in most cases, your errors can also be corrected downwards and then you can refuse. Because of lack of time, that is another issue we shall canvass in the Third Reading. That is because that is security and you cannot just punish somebody for tendering. That is how he did it. If he realised there was a mistake, so long as you have got another tenderer who is willing to do the work, he can go ahead. However, I think we shall bring that in the amendments. Finally, this is more of a general comment which I have noted. On this issue about relatives, I think we have to be very clear and fair. This is mentioned quite a lot in Clause 54(2) and Clause 65(9) (10). Relatives are ineligible if, for example, you are part of the tendering procuring entity or you are involved. However, I think the law also recognises everybody over 18 years old as independent. It is only that I think, the thinking in our minds is sometimes corrupted. Otherwise, when it comes to business, my wife and I are two different people so long as I declare my interest. So, when you define a relative as a spouse, child, parent, brother or a sister, and then the child, parent, brother, sister of my spouse, when it comes to that, it is like all my constituents are related. Nobody will get the job in there because they are all my relatives. So, we have to be very careful about this so that we do not deny other people projects just because they are related to the Managing Director (MD). They might not be in good terms. They might be business rivals. Maybe, technically, I cannot comment on that much, but I am bringing the attention of the House to that. With those few remarks, I want to give other Members an opportunity to contribute. I beg to support."
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