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    "id": 801209,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/801209/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the second issue is on the national values and the principles of governance as outlined in Article 10 of the Constitution. The issue of fighting corruption is critical and I salute the bold decision by His Excellency the President that officers in charge of procurement and accounting must step aside. I sit in the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and when you listen to proceedings, big corruption takes place during the evaluation process. The procurement law is very clear on the three main methods of procurement. We have direct procurement, restricted and open tender. You find sometimes in a situation that requires open tendering, somebody goes for restricted tendering without any justification yet the law is very clear. These are the people who should step aside. It is not the first time officers are stepping aside. In the famous radical surgery by Justice Ringera, many judges stepped aside. People were vetted and those who passed the mark were taken back. I appeal to procurement and accounting officers not to take it negatively. Let them step aside and once the vetting is done and they have not been involved in corruption, they will be called back."
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