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    "id": 892660,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. OpiyoWandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Min.15.1.5. There was dissent to this resolution by Prof. Abdi Guliye, Mr. Boya Molu and Dr. Paul Kurgat for the following reasons: (a) There is no value for tax payer’s money. (b) Ms. Safran Identity and Security did not have the technical capacity to deliver especially on results transmission. (c) Lack of market survey could not allow one to make an informed decision. (d) Not satisfied with the evaluation report by the Secretariat.” This is the meeting that gave the IEBC Secretariat the go ahead to procure the KIEMS from Safran Morpho. It is clear from these minutes that the commissioners not only got involved in the procurement process, but indeed, went further and voted. The question we kept asking was: Assuming those who voted against this procurement were more than those who voted for it, would we have gone ahead to procure the KIEMS from Safran Morpho? The answer is obviously “No”. Therefore, the conclusion one can derive form this is that the commissioners actively got involved in the procurement process. That is contrary to the provisions of the requirement of Section 11(a) of the IEBC Act. ` As I conclude, there was the issue of conflict of interest and that has been canvassed at length this afternoon in this House. If you look at the Leadership and Integrity Act Section 16 and the Public Officer Ethics Act Section 12, the matter of conflict of interest is very clear. Just for avoidance of doubt, under Section 16(1) of the Leadership and Integrity Act, a State officer or a public officer shall use the best efforts to avoid being in a situation where personal interests conflict or appear to conflict with the State officer’s or public officer’s official duties. Subsection 3 states: “A State officer or a public officer whose personal interest conflict with their official duties shall declare their personal interest to the public entity or the commission.” I want to stop at that."
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