Ununuaji wa bidhaa na huduma za umma

Kiswahili

(1)Kitengo cha serikali au shirika lolote la umma linapotoa kandarasi za ununuzi wa bidhaa au huduma, shirika au kitengo hicho kitafanya hivyo kulingana na mfumo ambao ni wa haki, wenye usawa, uwazi, wenye ushindani na wenye bei nafuu.

(2)Sheria ya Bunge itatoa mwongozo kuhusu jinsi sera zinazohusiana na ununuzi na uuzaji wa mali zitavyotekelezwa na inaweza kutoa mwongozo kuhusu suala moja au masuala yote—

(a)kategoria za kupewa kipaumbele wakati wa kutoa kandarasi;

(b)ulinzi au maendeleo ya watu, kategoria za watu au vikundi vya watu ambao walinyanyaswa kwa ushindani usio wa haki au uliowabagua na kuwatenga hapo awali;

(c)adhabu dhidi ya wanakandarasi ambao utendakazi wao hautimizi viwango vilivyokubaliwa kitaaluma, makubaliano ya kimkataba au sheria; na

(d)adhabu dhidi ya watu ambao hawajalipa kodi au ushuru, au ambao wamehusika katika ufisadi au ambao wamekiuka vikubwa sheria kuhusu uajiri wa haki.

English

Procurement of public goods and services

(1)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.

(2)An Act of Parliament shall prescribe a framework within which policies relating to procurement and asset disposal shall be implemented and may provide for all or any of the following—

(a)categories of preference in the allocation of contracts;

(b)the protection or advancement of persons, categories of persons or groups previously disadvantaged by unfair competition or discrimination;

(c)sanctions against contractors that have not performed according to professionally regulated procedures, contractual agreements or legislation; and

(d)sanctions against persons who have defaulted on their tax obligations, or have been guilty of corrupt practices or serious violations of fair employment laws and practices.