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    "content": "I just want to speak on one issue, which is the bill of quantities and quantity surveyors. I will give the Minister a very small example in my constituency. I know he is a man of integrity and competence. He also has competent members of staff under him, including the Permanent Secretary. We gave Kshs500,000 from Ndia CDF to three secondary schools to put up classrooms. St. Philips and Baricho High Schools put up two classrooms each. Geituya Secondary School put up one classroom with Kshs500,000. Thumaita West Secondary School, it only reached ground floor. These schools are not more than three kilometres apart. So, the cost of materials should be the same. The bill of quantities from the Ministry was Kshs1 million. So, the question I ask myself is: Should we believe what the bill of quantities say? When I enquired, I told them: “Look I want you to visit the three schools and let me know what happened” One school was able to construct two classrooms, but one could only reach ground floor. The explanation I was given was that the bills of quantity are higher than what you would be getting on the ground on the basis that it takes into account that Government Ministries are notorious in not paying the contractors. So, there is an amount which has been input there to take care of delay in payment of bills and interest."
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