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    "id": 211982,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/211982/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kiunjuri",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Festus Mwangi Kiunjuri",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that we used to have the same challenge of contractors having more than one contract and they are unable to perform. However, we have solved that problem to almost 80 per cent or 90 per cent. The problem that we are having is that we also have turn-key projects. A turn-key project is one where you are given a contract but you have to procure all other materials required; like transformers, cables, insulators and so on. You purchase all of them as a block and then you construct. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what is happening is that in most of the turn-key projects they have been able to procure poles which you can see all over but they do not have other materials. What we are trying to do is to make sure that we can complement, where we have materials and they do not have, so that we can give them and when their deliveries come, we can also be able to get them back to the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC). Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we accept that we have that challenge and we are doing whatever we can to ensure that we receive deliveries in good time. We are also pushing the turn-key contractors so that they can be on the ground by the end of this month. We have written to them and we have issued warnings. We are instructing that they must start performing before the first week of August, so that those projects can be ongoing."
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