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    "content": "I want to ask the Ministry; when the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance was reading the Budget, he was putting some ceilings on some of the items that are being procured through tender system. I wonder whether the Ministry has some upper level ceilings so that we do not hear contractors charging Kshs40 million a kilometer; another contractor charging Kshs50 million a kilometer and yet another contractor charging Kshs70 million a kilometer! Surely, if that is not a rip off, what will we call a rip off in Kenya? If a road can only be done by a maximum of Kshs20 million per kilometer, anybody who quotes anything beyond Kshs20 million should automatically be disqualified! That is the only way we can ensure that we are getting value for money. We have brokers who win tenders. After they win the tenders, they sell the contract to others who have not won for a commission. That is happening in broad daylight and in front of resident engineers and road engineers. That continues unabated! I want to hear a situation where the Government---"
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