{"id":1378557,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1378557/?format=json","text_counter":213,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Nominated, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. John Mbadi","speaker":{"id":110,"legal_name":"John Mbadi Ng'ong'o","slug":"john-mbadi"},"content":"The Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation delayed construction of Mwache Multipurpose Dam. Advanced payments amounting to Ksh85 million were made. The Ministry tendered and gave a deposit of Ksh85 million, despite not having acquired land for the construction of the dam. The land has not been acquired and you give advance payment to a contractor to go and construct in the air. What are you trying to do? This is also a case we have referred to the EACC."}