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"speaker_name": "Mr. Wathika",
"speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Public Works",
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"content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The firm that was awarded the tender for the construction of Olenguruone Sub-District Hospital in 2005 is M/s Magic General Contractors Limited of P.O. Box 28548-00200, Nairobi. 1960 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 22, 2008 (b) The terms of contract were as follows:- Contract sum, Kshs43,727,175 Commencement date, 19th May, 2005 Contract period, 55 weeks Completion date, 8th June, 2006. The project was funded through the Stalled Projects Programme (SPP). The works were priced as follows:- Preliminaries Kshs 5,257,800 Builder's works Kshs 5,464,545 Civil works Kshs 6,032,830 Project Manager's Kshs 1,400,000 expenses Contingencies Kshs 2,000,000 Mechanical works Kshs10,186,000 Electrical works Kshs10,386,000 VAT Kshs 2,681,120 Total figure Kshs43,727,175 The scope of work comprised the following:- Completion of stalled existing buildings:- Block A which comprises the Out-Patient Department/Maternity Child Health; Block B which comprises of maternity and wards; Block C which comprises kitchen and laundry, including equipment for the laundry; staff houses 2No. Category F (one-bedroom bungalows) and a theatre for surgical operations. There is also construction of new facilities as follows:- To put up a generator house and install the generator, a pump house, external works of doing the parking, access road, fencing, drainage and foot path. With regard to additional work, the client, in conjunction with the local community, requested for inclusion of an X-Ray/Laboratory Block in lieu of the access road. In order to accommodate the new requirement, the original finishing of the access road with tarmac was substituted with murram to provide the funding for this new facility. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other user's needs in the contract include rehabilitation to the gate and the gate house, covered walkways between theatre and X-Ray/Laboratory block and the mortuary. (c) The following facilities were completed on 14th July, 2006 and are in use except defective work which the contractor has not completed to our satisfaction. These are the Out- Patient Department, Maternity Child Health Block, maternity/wards, kitchen, laundry, staff houses, generator house and external works. The balance of facilities, that is, theatre and X-Ray/laboratory block were delayed due to delay in power connection and upgrading of the transformer which was completed on 15th October, 2007. A site inspection was conducted immediately thereafter, on 24th October, 2007 and a revised list of defects and outstanding works was prepared. There is an attached appendix to the written answer we gave the hon. Member. These defects and outstanding works have also not been completed to our satisfaction to facilitate a formal hand-over of the facilities to the client. The completion of these defective works was delayed by the post-election violence. The contractor has now been given a one-month notice with effect from 21st July, 2008, to complete the outstanding defective works to facilitate a normal handing over of the project to the client. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important to note that most of these facilities are already in use although some of them are defective. We are addressing this matter with the contractor. July 22, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1961"
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