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    "id": 217296,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/217296/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Toro",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 239,
        "legal_name": "Joshua Ngugi Toro",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first, the scope of works which were awarded in the year 2002 were completely under-estimated. In the year 2002, the contractor was awarded the contract at a contract price of Kshs490,212,240. Later on, when the scope of works was re- assessed, this amount was found to be inadequate. The initial scope of works involved the repair and re-sealing of the Nakuru-Marigat Road, which is 97 kilometres long; an adjoining road, that is, D369 which is about 8.4 kilometres long, construction of the Kabartonjo-Talai Road and off-road 1902 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 20, 2007 D350, that is, Kabarnet-Kabartonjo Road to bitumen standards; a section of seven kilometres. This scope of works and the amount of money which was involved was not adequate. Therefore, there was a re-assessment of the bill of quantities. Even as the contractor was not doing the best, still we could not get a variation order to be approved by the Treasury, so that we could give him more money to be able to continue with the works. What we have done, because we cannot get the variation order, is to terminate the contract and re-advertise the works."
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