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"content": "I have the reasons for doing so. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this will give room for wheeler-dealers to come into the market. When there is an open tender – and I want to give the case of Hazina Towers, which is a living example - the procuring entity can sit with the wheeler-dealers and come up with certain technical specifications which no other bidder will be able to meet, except one person. So, it is a dangerous move if we pass this. If we pass it, it means that the people who have interest will determine how that document is framed. Therefore, there will be no fair play in that kind of evaluation because one can decide to go financial. You could look for a company with resources. For sure, they know that if it is a construction company, somebody can come and tell the tenderer to show financial value of Kshs10 billion. If he does not provide that, he is kicked out. Therefore, we will not be helping this country. All the effort we have put in this Bill will come to a nullity. This is going to set a very dangerous precedent for this country if we allow this kind of amendment to pass through. It looks very innocent but how about its implementation? That is the issue here. How do you implement it? People with deals will come. I have given you an example of Hazina Towers where they clearly decided to put a financial aspect to be more important than any other thing. So, Members, it is upon us to see whether we want to help this country and whether we want to fight corruption. If we allow this, we will be perpetuating corruption in this country. Thank you."
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