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"content": "performance. Therefore, because we want them to perform, we urge the Treasury to either give them money or buy them vehicles for supervision. Another area we think requires funding is the issue of the new districts headquarters. You are aware that we have moved from the original number of districts that we had to more than double. These districts will require headquarters. We need to facilitate the Ministry to undertake this work. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as the Minister mentioned earlier, the issue of seafronts and jetties, in particular the Malindi Jetty Phase II, which required a minimum of about Kshs500 million was left out in the budget. We urge that this be considered, either in the Supplementary Estimates or as early as possible. Those are some of the areas of omission that we observed. I am sure there could be others but we need those to be addressed. Secondly, we also made observations on other areas. One of them is the issue of stalled projects. If you walk around the country, you will find very many stalled projects. If a project stalls when it is about 85 per cent complete, by the time you resume construction, that project will have deteriorated to 60 per cent. It will, therefore, require the Ministry to put in more money. Cost of material also goes up. If we could have the money as the Minister requested for stalled projects, they should be completed. We will have saved the country in terms of development and shame that comes along with stalled projects. When they stand there, they are an eye sore to the public. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we discussed with the Minister the issue of sub-standard buildings that are coming up in cities and towns. We found out that there is a challenge because we have so many players in this area. We have private sector, the Ministry of Local Government which would authorize plans and the Ministry of Public Works. You will find that there is conflict of duties. We had issues of sub-standard buildings and surely, we were not clear to say exactly where the blame should go. We said that we need harmonization of this situation so that we have standard quality buildings undertaken by one body. We also observed that the issue of Kenya Building Research Centre (KBRC) was originally under the Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing. When it was this way, the KBRC fell under that Ministry. Now we have the Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Public Works and Ministry of Roads. We, therefore, need to see whether the KBRC really fits under the Ministry of Public Works or it should go to the Ministry of Housing. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also like to give some recommendations. As mentioned earlier, we need to address the issue of foot bridges across the country. This is one item which is likely to be overlooked. When you look at the country, we have areas where we have gulleys and deep streams. We do not have roads there and when it rains, the small streams can be very violent and dangerous. Again, if you look at the cities, there are areas without roads or rails but there is a path that crosses from one estate to another. We need these foot bridges to be constructed. This is one area where we need more funding to cater for all constituencies in the country. While we look for funds to construct these food bridges, the Ministry of Public Works should make sure that they are not very expensive. This is because if they are and they cost more than Kshs4 million, then we are thinking of other bridges."
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