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    "content": "I want to say that this Ministry is very important and we should all support. I would also like to echo the sentiments by the Chair of the Committee. I think the starting point is that it was wrong for the Government, the President and the Prime Minister, to split this Ministry. It was wrong to split the Ministry of Housing, Roads and Public Works. It should essentially have been left to one Minister. The confusion we have in Government now is that we have Ministries which have been split which is the same as splitting a marriage and then you do not know where the children will go. You end up having these departments misplaced in several Ministries. The starting point is for the Minister to consult with the Prime Minister and the President and see how these Ministries can be merged so that we have one Minister doing the job. As it is now, it is very difficult. Right now, we have the challenge of setting up red carpets and toilets for the Prime Minister and the President. We should have better carpets and toilets so that they can be carried! They should explore the possibility of extending that to Ministers because at times, we have the Prime Minister complaining and the Vice-President. We have also the Minister for Public Works himself. I do not know when he goes to the constituency, whether they prepare good toilets for him. They should do all this so that we can motivate them to think better for this country. The bit that is critical now is with the Ministryâs functions. One of the things if I heard the Minister very well, was about registration of contractors. I think we need to encourage this because his staff is doing supervision. They are not doing the real work of construction. He needs to see whether these contractors are spread all over the country. We have regions in this country where people have no opportunity to get certificates of registration and yet when contract projects come up, people who are outside the constituency are the ones who come in to do the work. I have in mind the north-east region. You need to encourage the people in those areas to form companies and become contractors so that the possibility of retaining monies that is taken to those constituencies and districts is high. This will lower poverty and increase circulation of funds in those districts. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to maintenance of Government buildings, there is need for the Minister to read the Riot Act for all the officers who work in this Ministry. Those officers do a lot of work and we should thank them. However, there is need to monitor them, because if you visit most offices, particularly in the countryside, you will find that the roofs are leaking. They should report such cases even if funds are a problem. Sometimes, the Ministry is not aware that a certain office needs to be fixed. There is a saying that âa stitch in time saves nineâ. The casualties are high once these buildings collapse. I visited Eldoret International Airport three days ago and found it leaking when it rains. This is the case and yet Eldoret experiences a lot of rain unlike Wajir District. So, it is very easy to discover that the roof needs to be fixed. Therefore, there is need to monitor Government institutions and facilities used by the public so that we can fix them before the situation gets out of hand. The Minister has talked about research on building materials. There may be an influx of very low quality raw materials into the country now that the economy is growing. These materials may end up in the construction industry because they are cheap which might lead to high casualty. The officers who are attached to these facilities should ensure that quality of materials used for building is high."
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