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    "id": 740540,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/740540/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Korir",
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        "legal_name": "Wesley Kipchumba Korir",
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    "content": "Another issue that we have noticed is that, as a House, we passed the 30 per cent rule. This is where for tenders given, 30 per cent should be given to women, people living with disabilities and the youth. As a leader, I have noticed that the people who apply for the reserved 30 per cent are not youth. Some people use their children or young people. You get the same person using the identity of their children or wife to open different companies then apply for tenders. You find that if it is a Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) job that is being given, it is given to a company that is thought to qualify as youth or women, but you find it is the same person that has been applying and he is a big person. Shareholders of companies have come up with tricks to bypass the system so that they can keep benefitting while the people we intended to benefit when we passed that Bill do not. The youth have come together to form companies and apply for jobs, but they are not getting them. This is because the big people who have always got the jobs have known procurement tricks. They are still taking the tenders reserved for the youth using different tactics. If we can find ways of preventing that, it will help our country grow bigger. One other thing I like in this Bill is that every director should include their next of kin. I like this provision because it will prevent the issues I have mentioned. You should include the 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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