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    "id": 1144205,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1144205/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, it is against this background that I seek for a Statement from the Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing that addresses the following issues:- (i) What is the identity of local directors/and or representatives of all foreign-owned companies awarded contracts by the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works, including a breakdown of contracts awarded by all the state agencies in the Ministry from the FY 2013/2014 to date? (ii) What is the total amount of contracts awarded to foreign companies undertaking projects in the Ministry, including a breakdown for each company and the total amount paid so far from the FY 2013/2014 to date? (iii) Can the Ministry provide the identity of directors and local representatives of foreign- owned or foreign-linked companies awarded contracts for construction, rehabilitation, maintenance and design of roads and bridges; and construction of affordable housing from the FY 2018/2019 to FY 2021/2022, including a breakdown of contracts awarded? (iv) Could the Ministry provide a breakdown of the total number of professional Kenyan engineering graduates employed by foreign-owned or foreign-linked companies from the FY 2018/2019 to FY 2021/2022? (v) Provide the names of local companies and amounts of sub-contracts that the foreign- owned or foreign-linked companies have awarded local contractors as a way of capacity building and technology transfer from the FY 2013/14 to date? (vi) Provide technical and financial verifiable measures that the Government has put in place to support local contractors in effectively competing against state-backed companies from other nations like China? Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving me an opportunity to ask this Statement"
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