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    "id": 223601,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me ample time to clarify this matter, hopefully, once and for all. A total of 18 contracts amounting to Kshs54 billion were issued. Of these contracts, we know that Kshs32.5 billion was issued between 1997 and 2002. Another Kshs22 billion was issued between 2003 and 2004. I would like to give this House the true status of those projects so that when hon. Members talk about irrevocable promissory notes out there, they can do so from a point of information, rather than depending on rumours that are circulating in the media. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, five contracts worth Kshs14 billion did not have any promissory notes issued against them. The projects are: Nexus, Kshs33.284 billion; Broadband Network, Kshs895 million; Bandwidth Spectrum, Kshs2.1 billion; The Oceanographic Survey Vessel, which is the current subject of debate in this House, Kshs4.6 billion; and Flagstaff, Kshs3.135 billion. Therefore, for Kshs14.04 billion there were straight contracts with no promissory notes issued against them. There were three projects worth Kshs6.6 billion which were completed and fully paid for long before we came to power. Since they were completed and fully paid for, the issue of promissory notes does not arise. They were paid for through financing. The projects here include: The Kenya Police, Supply and Security, Addendum No.2, Kshs2.25 billion; The Kenya Police Airwing Support Project I, Kshs2.27 billion; and The Kenya Prisons Service Security and Telecommunications Project, Kshs1.845 billion. The total amount for these projects was Kshs6.795 billion. Mr. J. Nyagah was in Government then, so he might be able to tell us how those projects were contracted."
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