{"id":1625781,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1625781/?format=json","text_counter":126,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":" Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me offer some explanation. Concerning periodic-based contracts maintenance, there is clarity that we tender for maintenance of a particular road for a period of one or two years. Therefore, a contractor who wins a tender to maintain that road through a competitive process works like any other private contractor constructing any road out there and they use their assets to maintain the road."}