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    "id": 892698,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Kemosi",
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        "legal_name": "Vincent Kemosi Mogaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to the Report. Article 227 of the Constitution of Kenya provides that when a state organ or any other public entity contracts for goods or services, it shall do so in accordance with a system that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective. Section 11(a) of the IEBC Act provides for the relationship between the Secretariat and the Commission. In that particular section, the work of the Commission is to formulate policy and strategy while the function of the Secretariat is to implement the policy and strategy. Therefore, we do not expect the members of the Commission, together with the Chairman, to interfere with the day-to-day management of the Commission’s affairs because that is the sole mandate of the Secretariat. The IEBC is a public entity and we expect it to be guided by the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 when it procures goods and services. In 2017, IEBC, while procuring the KIEMS kits, decided to do direct procurement. This has been explained in the Report which says they decided to go that way because they were faced with legal challenges. I do not agree with that. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 is very clear that on 8th August, 2017, we would have general elections. So, this means IEBC knew very well that we would be having elections on 8th August, 2017; they had a long period of time to prepare themselves. The Constitution, under Article 227, provides that the process must be competitive. The purpose of this is to give other bidders an opportunity to participate in the process. The advantage of competition is that the taxpayer will get value for money from goods and services procured. When you do direct procurement, you have to agree with whatever price is quoted for the goods to be supplied. 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."
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