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    "id": 1275194,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1275194/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will try to do exactly that. First to say that the Bomet University Project consists of the following works - An academic block, a tuition block, one multi- purpose hall, one library block, two hostel blocks, and the civil works around the buildings. The project was started way back when a contract was given in November, 2016, and the contract was between then Moi University and M/s Smith and World Production Limited, who was identified as the contractor. The contract sum was Kshs1,391,982,486 and Moi University was listed as the employer because Bomet University was a college of Moi University. Upon the gazettement of Bomet University as a constituent college way back in July, 2017, the project was handed over to Bomet University College on 29th March, 2018.The initial contract period was supposed to be for 104 weeks with the completion date set for 7th November, 2018. A number of subcontractors were engaged to handle various aspects of the project. I do not have to go through the list of subcontractors because they are almost 10. All of them are listed in the report together with the works that they are supposed to have undertaken in specific areas. The project has not been completed and there have been three extensions of the contract. The first extension was by 52 weeks, which was supposed to end in 2019. The second extension was also done for the project to end in 2020 and the final extension was done where the project was supposed to end on 2nd August, 2021. The main contractor and subcontractors abandoned the site in May, 2021 without providing adequate reasons. Therefore, they left work undone. The overall completion of the project is about 52 per cent. The tuition block is 95 per cent complete. The library block is 70 per cent complete. The multipurpose hall is 90 per cent complete. The hostels are five per cent complete while the civil works are at 10 per cent. Out of the 33 interim payment certificates issues, only 32 have so far been honoured. The amount certified is Kshs772,945,748, while the amount actually paid is Kshs754,450,117. There is one certificate which was not paid for. After the contractor abandoned the site, the project manager issued a default notice to the contractor on 29th September, 2021. A copy is enclosed therein. There has been no response from the contractor ever since. He has absented himself from the site."
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