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    "id": 892696,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/892696/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bomet Central, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ronald Tonui",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1242,
        "legal_name": "Ronald Kiprotich Tonui",
        "slug": "ronald-kiprotich-tonui"
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    "content": "The issue of reviewing the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act is very important. We need to re-look at it because currently, everything that goes through procurement is very expensive. I have seen the way classrooms are being constructed by the national Government and the county governments. When they go through the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act directly, they do it at a cost of Kshs2 million per classroom. When other institutions build it, they do so at Kshs1.5 million. When I do it by sending the money direct to the school board of management, the maximum they can use is Kshs500,000 per classroom. I tell the villager to count the number of lorries supplying building blocks so that the public can benefit. I believe the average retail price for every item needs to be captured during procurement exercises. I believe the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act does not capture the idea that has come from this Report. It needs to be amended so that retail price of every item quoted can be shown. With those remarks, I support."
}