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    "id": 1075432,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Malalah",
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        "legal_name": "Cleophas Wakhungu Malalah",
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    "content": ". Such tenders should be given to the youth and women of this country so that we can stimulate their capacity to undertake bigger tenders. Unfortunately, in Kakamega County, those tenders were given to companies which have been doing tenders worth Kshs100 million. This is sad. I want to inform governors of this Republic that devolution was meant to benefit the local mwananchi on the ground. It was also meant to benefit and increase capacity in our counties. It is sad that such contracts, which require only labour are being given to people who already have capacity. It is incumbent upon this House to ensure that we oversee the issuance of tenders in our counties. We should ensure that the youth who have neither the capacity nor the capital to do big tarmacked roads or to honour tenders worth hundreds of millions of shillings are given opportunity to take up tenders that do not require a lot of mechanization. Madam Deputy Speaker, lastly, I have said on the Floor of this House that this being the last financial year, we need to guide our respective county assemblies to ensure that they put money in projects that they had initially started. We have seen county governments starting projects and abandoning them midway. We should ensure that this financial year, we allocate money that is going to complete those projects. It is sad and I have said on the Floor of this House that since 2013 in Kakamega County, we do not have a single flagship project that has been completed. When you look at the Bukhungu Stadium, it is not complete. The Shamakhokho Level IV Hospital in Shinyalu has not been completed. Nothing is happening in the tea factory in Shinyalu Constituency. The milk processing firm in Malava Constituency has stalled. Nothing is going on in the Mumias Level IV Hospital and the water project in Khwisero and Butere. The maize plant that was meant to benefit the people of Lugari and Lukuyani has stalled."
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