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    "id": 1102893,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) to make a statement on the status of the new Dandora Stadium in Nairobi City County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Dandora Stadium has for many years been a community stadium where young people in Nairobi have engaged and many who have had sterling careers in soccer and other sporting activities have considered it home. The new Dandora stadium in Embakasi North Constituency was commissioned in 2018 by the County Government of Nairobi and it was to be completed in 24 months. However, up-to date, the stadium is yet to be complete. The project has been marred by controversies in its procurement process and allegations of poor workmanship by the contractor who was awarded. The delay in the completion of this facility is a great disservice to thousands of talented young people who had hopes that it will be of use to them in enhancing their talents especially in sports. For those are familiar with Dandora, due to the closure of the Dandora Stadium, there are many young people who I know that have gone back to a life of crime while some have lost their lives through extra judicial killing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this delay has also been occasioned by the ongoing investigations on the procurement irregularities by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) which is yet to give its outcome. In February this year, the President of the Republic, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, directed that the ongoing works of which 20 per cent or less work was left, be completed within a matter of weeks. However, that did not happen. I took time to speak to the Director General of the NMS and the Acting Governor of the Nairobi City County Government who only gave lip service. I did that because the young people of Dandora were going to storm the stadium and open it themselves because they are happy with the works so far done. I would therefore like to inform this House that we will invite the Director General of the NMS and the Acting Governor of the Nairobi County Government before my Committee for them to give a full status report on the progress made towards the completion of the project, the costs incurred and when the stadium will be opened."
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