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    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "near, but you have about a kilometre where those stones, sand, ballast, and the cement will be pushed using wheelbarrow. We all know that the country is not fully developed. Therefore, it is important that those things be taken into consideration because, sometimes, you may make a comment and it is used against a Member that \"you spent Kshs1.2 million\", but the reality is that every region and area has its own cost and that is why we work with the project management committees. Hon. Speaker, there is again a difference in cost when you construct a class using the project management committee and when it is given to a contractor. This is because with a contractor, there is cost of Value Added Tax (VAT). There is cost of, of course, overheads and all that. However, if it is the project management committee implementing, they only buy cement, sand and stones and employ a local fundi . Therefore, the cost will obviously be different. It is important that the NG-CDF also tells us the right way to do it. Do we go with the project committee to construct and implement or do we give those jobs to contractors? This is because when you go to contractors, it becomes very expensive. Finally, I want to say that we are going through a constitutional moment and NG-CDF is a very critical fund. Maybe, it is the right time that we entrenched NG-CDF as a chorus in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) so that we can be sure that Kenyans will have NG-CDF going forward and it does not die. This is because I know there is a push for the Ward Development Fund in the Constitution. With those few remarks, Hon. Speaker, I support."
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