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<div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.3em; ">Over the past three weeks, a number of prominent government officials have been thrown into the limelight over accusations of failing to enforce procurement rules.</p></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.3em; "><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.3em; ">Officials from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, the National Oil Corporation of Kenya, the Ministry of Information and Communication, and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) have had questions to answer. They have all pleaded innocent and blamed bureaucracy for their woes. Read on.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.3em; "><br></p></div></div><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Procurement+rules+come+under+scrutiny/-/1226/1477978/-/q100ax/-/index.html">http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Procurement+rules+come+under+scrutiny/-/1226/1477978/-/q100ax/-/index.html</a> </div></body>
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