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    "id": 899396,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/899396/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 699,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mogotio, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Tuitoek",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13434,
        "legal_name": "Daniel Kamuren Tuitoek",
        "slug": "daniel-kamuren-tuitoek"
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    "content": "The justification of the new amendment is as a consequence of amending Section 155 of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015. There is need to redefine the term “goods” in Section 2 of the Act in order to include plants and animal products. The new section amplifies Article 227 of the Constitution that requires for the law to provide preferences in the allocation of contracts to certain categories of persons. Whereas procuring entities are encouraged to prefer Kenyan goods and services, there is no set minimum on target to ensure compliance. The “buy Kenya build Kenya” strategy launched in 2017 aimed to set the 40 per cent targets, but without the proper legislative framework to support the directive, not much has been achieved since then. There is urgent need for the amendment to pass without delay in order for the law to conform to policy directives. Poor implementation and enforcement of the provisions of the Act has led to inability to shield local products from unfair competition from imports. It is on this basis that this amendment requires at least 40 per cent of goods procured in a procuring entity be Kenyan manufactured, grown and milled."
}