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    "id": 557874,
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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. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am happy that the engineer has clarified because it was bringing a lot of confusion. Otherwise, I was opposing. After that clarification, I am supporting it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, it is obvious that there is no way you can put technical score at the same level with financial score. When you look at the opportunity cost, it is totally different. Even in the world of research, if you are doing a research that is scientific in nature, you find that the confidence interval is normally very high because of the opportunity cost. However, in this case, if it is an issue of expression of interest, you have obviously set a criterion and people have met the threshold of the technical requirements. Now, you are going to the second phase of requirement for proposals from the people who have met the threshold. In this case, we do support. My only worry is this: If you leave it at the discretion of the accounting officer--- We know very well that there is a lot of corruption in procurement. If it is a Government tender which requires billions of money, those people could have a conspiracy. That is my worry. They might collude and put it at their discretion for purposes of, maybe, fixing that particular person from China Wu Yi, or wherever. That is my only worry. So, unless we come up with some regulations that are going to check this issue of leaving it at the discretion of the accounting officer, we will not have done anything to help. Otherwise, I support after the explanation from the engineer. I support."
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