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    "id": 900519,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/900519/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13338,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act by— s.139 (2) Delete subsection (2) and substitute therefor the following new subsections— (2) An accounting officer of a procuring entity on the recommendation of an evaluation committee, may approve — (a) extension of contract period; and (b) reimbursable costs. (2A) A request under subsection (2), shall be accompanied by a recommendation from the contract administrator and application from the contractor making justification for such application. New Insert the following new subsection immediately after subsection (2) — (2A) The accounting officer of a procuring entity, on the recommendation of an evaluation committee and on the advice of the contract administrator, may approve the use of prime costs, provisional and contingency sums: Provided that the use of prime costs shall be subjected to procurement methods prescribed in section 92 of this Act and a successful bidder shall be a subcontractor. This is a good amendment. I hope the Leader of the Majority Party will agree with it. The proposed amendment was giving powers to the contractor to extend the contract period and deal with the reimbursable costs. That is the duty of the contract administrator or the project manager. I recommend that an accounting officer of a procuring entity, on recommendation of an evaluation committee, may approve extension of time and reimbursable costs. Under Section 2A, that shall be accompanied by recommendations from the contract administrator. That is the way it is in the industry. This amendment was wrongly put."
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