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    "id": 892684,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/892684/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "It pains me to read this Report and find that the Commission which we denied the power to be involved in procurement was doing it. The answer is simple. Where I do not agree with the Committee fully is that the legal framework is not clear today on matters of procurement. The legal framework is clear. It is only that the commissioners want to get involved in procurement for obvious reasons. We need to look at why we should have permanent commissioners in this Commission. These commissioners sit in the Commission from Monday to Friday to discuss matters of policy. Why do commissioners sit in Anniversary Towers for five days a week over 20 days a month? They will obviously get involved in operational activities because there is no much work to warrant their continued and permanent sitting in those offices. The reason the cost of election in this country is very high is because of corruption. This is the corruption which the Auditor-General has unearthed, and which PAC has investigated and agreed to. Therefore, to stop this wastage of public funds and frustrate these Kenyans who want to profit, benefit and become rich out of taxpayers’ money, it is important that we have the State agencies which have the mandate and powers to investigate with a view to prosecuting and have prosecutorial powers like the DPP to handle these individuals. We cannot allow a few people to become billionaires at the expense of the poor taxpayers. It is immoral, and we must bring it to an end."
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