{"id":136819,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/136819/?format=json","text_counter":490,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this may have been the previous practice but the law is now very clear. If you award a contract when no money or no funds have been voted in, it amounts to abuse of office which means that if a contract is awarded, the contractor should be paid on time. If this practice was to be fully implemented, then I would see a reduction even in the cost of buildings in this country. I am giving that as an example because at the end of the day, the conclusion that we drew is that a project is as good as the managers or the people who are implementing it. A project is not good because you have a good BoQ. A project is not good because you have good supervisors from the Ministry. A project is as good as the people who are implementing it; the people on the ground, the owners of the project. That was very clear!"}