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"content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is good for the hon. Members to know that the reason why we decided to go for the labour and transport contractors is that, before we used to issue these contracts to turn-key contractors. Our people were challenged, they could not raise hundreds of millions of shillings through those tenders. The only way to empower our own people was to follow that route. We have been challenged for the last three years but we have now stabilised. We have made sure that we are paying them per certificate, to ensure that our brothers are July 25, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 13 able to compete and get these resources directly. Otherwise, the route that we used to follow before was disadvantaging our local contractors."
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