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    "id": 230469,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/230469/?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. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is one road that has a very long history. If I may just recap what has been happening on this road, which has taken, as the hon. Member says, over 20 years, this road was first awarded to M/s Solel Bonel International in 1986 for a contract price of about Kshs146,500,000. It was terminated in 1998; two years later, due to lack of performance by the contractor. After that, Zakhem International was awarded the contract in April 1988 and it suspended the works after four years in March 1992 for non-payment by the previous Government. Then in 1997, after five years, the Ministry re-negotiated with Zakhem International and increased the contract price to Kshs558 million. Again, in June 1997, the same year, it was terminated because the Government was not paying the contractor. Then the third contract was awarded to HZ Company in July 1997 for an increased contract price of about Kshs800 million. The contractor suspended work in the year 2000 for non-payment. This is when the current contract, M/s Sarajevo were awarded in the year 2001 for a contract price of about Kshs897 million. M/s Sarajevo have been carrying out the work and there was some extension to Nyamira and from Nyamira to the Centre. The current contract price is about Kshs1.2 billion. All the work is going to be completed by April, 2007. In view of the exercise that has taken too long, the decision to widen the road was taken. The issue of putting up bus stages and roads, saving market centres was abandoned so that we could finish the entire road instead of doing part of the road. The funds would have been exhausted if we catered for bus stages and services to market centres."
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