{"id":547563,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/547563/?format=json","text_counter":617,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Sakaja","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13131,"legal_name":"Johnson Arthur Sakaja","slug":"johnson-arthur-sakaja"},"content":"Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, you can see why I had to speak from my seat. Thank you for indulging me. The way it was initially written, the import of this provision was that a State officer or a public officer could not enter into any contract for procurement with any Government body, national or county public entity. This begged the question of where they would do it. To avoid conflict of interest, we have specified that they cannot get into a contract for procurement with an entity in which they are a State officer or a public officer. They can do it elsewhere to avoid conflict of interest. Otherwise, it would mean that we should now look for business in Rwanda and Uganda."}