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    "id": 892655,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/892655/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 190,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. OpiyoWandayi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2960,
        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "illustrate another aspect of wastage of public funds. If you look at the procurement of an item which was then referred to as ‘security seals’, you will find that IEBC procured 3.7 million of them in March, 2017 for use in the elections of August, 2017. It is interesting to note that even though IEBC procured 3.7 million security seals, the supplier was able to supply only 2 million seals. That means IEBC was supposed to have had a deficit of 1.7 million seals. When the elections were nearing, it became apparent that this supplier was unable to supply the balance of 1.7 million seals. So, what happens? To our consternation, IEBC proceeded to engage another supplier through direct procurement, without even attempting to cancel the previous contract with the first supplier. But even to our further consternation, this second supplier was not contracted to supply the balance of 1.7 million seals. This time round, this supplier was contracted to supply only 500,000 seals. But the IEBC proceeded to conduct the elections with 2.5 million seals against the original 3.7 million seals that it had procured. That means, therefore, that it did not need the initial 3.7 million seals. The procurement of 3.7 million seals was exaggerated, and the numbers inflated for reasons which we do not know."
}