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    "id": 862553,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/862553/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Government Contracts Bill (National Assembly Bill No.9 of 2018) be read a Second Time. The current Government Contracts Act became operational on 1st July 1957, when the Republic of Kenya was a colony. Since then, the Act has undergone a number of revisions and amendments. So, this Act refers to the colony and protectorate in its current form. It still preserves all contracts that were entered into on behalf of the colonial power then. Since the enactment of this Act, so many changes have taken place in terms of legislation and governance. It has witnessed a further amendment that led to the attainment of what we now call “amorphous Government Contract Act”. In 2010, this country got a new Constitution resulting in a complete change in the governance structure of our country; hence the revision of a number of pieces of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}