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    "id": 1153407,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1153407/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order No.44(2)(c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing regarding the suspension of works by the contractor on the ABC Place-Rironi Road part of the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway. It is of great concern that the contractor constructing that section of the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway at ABC Place to Rironi area, and in particular, sections in Kikuyu Constituency, has suspended works since early March 2022. The contractor avers that they are owed billions of shillings by the Government of Kenya, which have remained unpaid for an inordinately long period of time thus forcing the contractor to suspend works on that very busy highway. It is noted that the contract period at the time of award was for three years and the project was to take approximately the same amount of time. It is now the 5th year, even as it has stalled and the contractor has moved out of the site. The contractor’s suspension of works has resulted in residents of Kangemi, Uthiru 87 and Kinoo and, particularly, those along the Kinoo Chiefs Collector Road and the Kariango-Kanyariri Collector Road No.6, being greatly inconvenienced considering that the contractor had actually dug up the collector roads and sections of the Highway, which are now left undone thus posing a great risk to road-users on the otherwise very busy highway. It is against this background that I seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on the following: (i) Could the Chairperson explain when the Ministry is going to settle the pending bills owed to the contractor as per the contractual agreements on the construction of ABC Place-Rironi section of the road of Nairobi-Nakuru Highway, a project that is a major link road to the greater East African Region? (ii) Could the Chairperson further explain measures that have been put in place by the Ministry to ensure that the construction works are resumed on the said road; and when it is projected to be completed, including the collector roads in Kikuyu Constituency and, in particular, the Kinoo Chiefs Collector Road No.5 and Kariango-Kanyariri Collector Road No.6? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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