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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. As much as I support the amendments, it is a critical concern that we are not giving it the quality time it deserves. For instance, we are debating this yet the report has just been tabled and we have not seen it, more importantly, on clause 176. The amendment says that in case of procurement malpractice, the procuring entity is supposed to raise a complaint with the professional body. In this case, any professional body must be a body created by an Act of Parliament. I am imagining in this House, these things that we are using were done by carpenters who are professionals in their own right and yet they do not have an association or a professional body that is recognized. In this case, how are we going to justify this issue of the professional body? To me, I find professions are still emerging. There are established disciplines like accountancy, medicine, engineering and law. Now I am imagining carpenters or plumbers, which professional body do they have in case of a procurement malpractice? In terms of value addition, it is just because of the issues of the timeframe but we need time to critique and look at the legislation properly so that we can make laws for purposes of value addition. Again, I would support the issue of the residents of a particular county for instance. It adds value to the spirit of devolution but there are other critical matters which I think maybe after six months we need to come and do amendments. Otherwise, we are just rubber stamping; we are not giving it the quality time that it deserves. We have not 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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