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    "id": 1147438,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1147438/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me this opportunity to give my comments. I thank Sen. Cherargei for bringing an important Statement on the Floor of this House. It is coming at a time when we are almost going for recess. This is a very serious Statement needs to be pursued up to the end of it all. There is need for the Committee to ensure that it intervenes, interrogates and finds out the modality of payment of the money to the contractors. If the contractors were paid upfront all the amount of money, what was the logic? There is no need of the contractors being paid upfront before completing their work. Every work must have a warrant. When you go to buy a fridge, you are given a warrant of guarantee of one or two years. Similarly, we cannot construct a road this year and then next year we rehabilitate it using taxpayer’s money. That is very wrong and there is need to investigate. The Committee should also inform Kenyans within what timeframe will this road be completed because the life of the Twelfth Parliament is almost ending. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, as this Committee investigates what Sen. Cherargei has brought on the Floor of the House, it is also necessary for it to tell us about the Nairobi Express Way where Kenyans are being made to pay Kshs5000. If a person has"
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