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    "id": 1017976,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1017976/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Navakholo, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Emmanuel Wangwe",
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    "content": "It is my plea and request to the Board to move quickly. For instance, we received a circular from the Board asking that we can vary funding from bursaries to other development concerns for instance, building of classrooms because of the covid-19 issues. For those who applied up to-date this issue has not been effected. So, how do you put this into action on the ground? This is the case and yet we can see the CS for Education saying schools are reopening next week, the week after or next month. He needs to make a quick decision on when the schools will reopen. Should he say they reopen in October, it means the funds committed from the bursaries will still not have been effectively put to use. We know the Public Procurement Disposal Act gives us a number of days when we are supposed to procure. Therefore, the issue of reallocation must be supported by the Board and the membership of NG-CDF. An issue coming out from the Report is about disparities in terms of amounts used. For example, building a classroom at Ksh500,000 and the same institution building another classroom at Ksh600,000 or Ksh800,000. This is an issue of quantity. It should not be used to either abuse or correct issues happening in a particular constituency. Should you build a one-storey building equivalent to two classrooms by virtue of the two floors the ratio will be different. Should you build, for example, using bricks or blocks the figure will be different. Should you use natural stones verses the machine cut stones, the cost will be different. Therefore, universality in terms of the pricing should be put to use by the Board. So, the Quantity Surveyor (QS) can ascertain what the relatively acceptable prices that apply for particular square metres of a building are. With that in mind, I beg to support the Report."
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