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    "id": 1145026,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1145026/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kipyegon Ng’eno",
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        "legal_name": "Johana Ngeno Kipyegon",
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    "content": "introduce an amendment that ensures that the period for undertaking a particular project is standardised. We know the time it takes to build a classroom or to construct a road. We should provide timelines. I appreciate how the Chinese undertake projects. The only problem with the Chinese is that when they come to our country they become corrupt. When they are in their country, they never steal even a single cent. You know why? It is because of the stringent rules in that country; like what my friend, the Member for Kisumu East, was suggesting. He suggested that corrupt people should be hanged. That is exactly what the Chinese do. They hang corrupt people so that the country has almost a zero-corruption rating. However, when Chinese contractors come to Kenya, they tend to be the most corrupt people. I am shocked because most of the Chinese contractors who come to the country are government contractors. When they are in this country, they give kickbacks. For example, the SGR was supposed to cost about Kshs300 billion. At the end, it cost over Kshs600 billion. The Kshs300 billion on top was payment for Government operatives and maybe the Government itself in form of kickbacks. Still, the Chinese take shorter time to complete a road project. They do not take ages. I support the idea of reducing the procurement time so that if somebody cannot deliver within a particular period, then the tender should be cancelled. I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support."
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