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    "id": 610781,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/610781/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker. I rise to second this very important Bill. I want to start by saying that public procurement is a business process within a political system. Therefore, one needs to properly balance between two elements. Otherwise, it will lead to wasted efforts and poor development results. The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Bill, 2014 has tried to reflect the best practices of public procurement and incorporate international procurement standards. This is about doing business the right way. The promotion of new and innovative purchasing methods and strategies, increasing emphasis on the need for best practice and the best value for money in an expanding public procurement market and greater accountability of public purchasers require that the existing guidelines be updated. That is what this Bill is doing. It seeks to repeal and replace the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, 2005. It also seeks to address the vagueness and lacuna in the current Act. It also seeks to clarify, as the Mover has said, the role of the National Treasury as a policy office. Finally, this Bill tries to enhance - the Mover has touched on that - devolution at the county and procuring entity levels. The Bill provides for these measures as well as trying to come up with ways of reducing corruption risk in the public procurement system and promote transparency, accountability and integrity as required by Article 10 of the Constitution. Hon. Speaker, this Bill has got 176 clauses. Clauses 68 to 88 set out the basic procurement rules that need to be adhered to during the procurement and asset disposal 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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