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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Baiya",
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        "legal_name": "Peter Njoroge Baiya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the Assistant Minister for the answer he has given. I have also had occasion to look at this report. The purpose of the procurement law and procedures is to encourage efficiency and ensure there is value for money for the procurement entity. The challenge that Githunguri Dairy Farmers’ Co-operative was having, which I happen to know very well having been a former Chairman, is the huge volumes of members’ milk. Therefore, it required first to assess its needs before it could undertake whatever project it was undertaking. There was no feasibility study in place. A report by consumer insight purporting to be a feasibility study is not one of them. The report that has been tabled before this House discloses flagrant violations of procurement laws and procedures. There was no competitive tendering and there was single sourcing. They disregarded the laid down threshold. The report also discloses that there are cases of glaring theft. For example, there is a parcel of land measuring two acres which was bought by the co-operative for Kshs12.5 million. There was evidence from a member that the money that went to this seller was not even the Kshs12.5 million. This is evidence of theft. Currently, the management is expelling members and mobilizing the police to gag members from raising these issues. In light of these violations, what makes the Ministry think that there will be compliance of the action plan without acting on the already disclosed violations of the public procurement act and laws? What will the Assistant Minister do to ensure that non-compliance of the law is punished before he can talk about enforcing the action plan?"
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