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    "id": 1415861,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": "that contract was awarded. In fact, I participated in the ground-breaking ceremony by our former President, Uhuru Kenyatta in Ruring’u in the run-up to the 2017 elections. It is almost 10 years after the award of that contract. What guarantees is the Cabinet Secretary giving that under his watch, there will be no inflation of costs beyond what was envisaged then and beyond what would be the normal escalation costs of steel and cement? I do not think the cost of the Kikuyu grass that the Member for Nyeri Town is talking about has changed. There is the normal escalation cost of steel and cement. Will that also see the Ministry justifying a very huge escalation in cost? Therefore, we want to hear what the Ministry is doing to ensure that one Ruring’u Stadium and all the other stadiums are completed within reasonable timelines and costs. When projects like these take 10 to 15 years, we will hear a stadium that was to cost Ksh600 million costing Ksh2 billion. I want to hear what the Cabinet Secretary and the Ministry are doing to ensure that we check that we do not end up with such a report. The Auditor-General has reported on the ones that are completed or partially completed, like the Kirigiti International Stadium, Wang’uru Stadium, and others. When the Auditor-General reviews the Ruring’u Stadium, are we going to hear that it has also escalated its cost twice or triple what was envisaged?"
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