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    "id": 1285632,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen Abass",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following document on the Table of the Senate, today, Thursday, 21st, October, 2023: Report on Petition: Refurbishment and Expansion of Kajiado Municipality Market. On 27th April, 2023, the Senate received a Petition from Kajiado Municipality Clothes Market Traders on the refurbishment and expansion of Kajiado Municipality Market by the County Government of Kajiado. The Petition was presented to the Senate by the Senator of Kajiado County, Sen. Seki, on behalf of the Petitioners as provided for under Standing Order No. 232 (1) (b) of the Senate Standing Orders. Consequently, the Petition was tabled on the Floor of the House on Thursday, 4th May, 2023 and stood committed to the Committee pursuant to Standing Order No. 238 (1) of the Senate Standing Orders. The salient issues raised in the Petition were- THAT, during the Financial Year 2020/2021, the County Government of Kajiado received an allocation of Kshs63,061,154.20 on 22nd July, 2021 from the World Bank via the State Department of Housing and Urban Development. The funds were meant to refurbish and expand the Kajiado Municipality Market to accommodate the clothes market vendors who had been displaced by the previous Kenya Urban Support Program (KUSP) project. Additionally, the tender process undertaken by the County Government of Kajiado, and contract awarded to Bellin Mark Contractors at a contract sum of Kshs56,214,411.97 was put into question. In addition, the petitioners alleged that the project was scaled down to less than 50 per cent where critical infrastructure, among them solar lights, control gates, water tanks, solid wastes sorting chambers, street-mounted solid waste bins, reconstruction of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate."
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