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    "id": 1592906,
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    "speaker_name": "Nyaribari Masaba, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Manduku",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, the payment delays were mainly occasioned by: 1. Lack of Exchequer support to the project, arising from minimum or constrained budgetary provisions for four consecutive Financial Years: 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2018/2019. 2. The transfer of devolved functions and corresponding funds to the county governments, Olenguruone Stadium being one of them. However, the county governments did not take up the functions of the stadium as the contract was between the contractor and the National Government. 3. The movement of the Urban Development Department from the then Ministry of Local Government to the Ministry of Devolution and Planning, and again to the Ministry of Lands and then to the current State Department for Housing. It is under these circumstances that I wish to respond to Hon. Tonui's question. He asked the terms under which the construction of the Olenguruone Stadium was transferred from the National Government to the County Government of Nakuru. The response is that following the mutual termination of the contractor, the County Government of Nakuru assumed the responsibility of securing the site, until budgetary allocations for the completion of the project. Hence, there was no transfer of construction responsibility to the County Government of Nakuru. Hon. Tonui also asked the details of the contract sum, amount paid, balance and transfer of funds to the county government and whether the action was lawful. The response is that the contract was for Ksh290,643,668.93. At the time of mutual termination, the contractor had been paid a total sum of Ksh120,446,886.20, thus leaving a balance of Ksh170,106,782.73. Therefore, there was no transfer of funds to the county government on this project. As it has been stated, the mutual termination was a process occasioned by lack of exchequer support to sustain the contract. Hon. Tonui also asked the reasons leading to the contractor abandoning the construction site, having received funds, and what legal action has been taken to enforce compliance with the contract terms or recover misuse of public funds. The response is that the contractor was released from performance through mutual termination after it became evident that the contract was untenable, given the circumstances. The contractor was paid on the basis of measured works. Hence, no public funds were lost. Further mutual termination was undertaken within the provisions of the contract. Lastly, Hon. Tonui asked the specific measures or plans put in place to ensure the completion of Olenguruone stadium. It is the Ministry's desire to ensure that all projects initiated are completed to ensure that there is value for money. However, the main challenge is lack of budgetary support. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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