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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Omingo",
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        "legal_name": "James Omingo Magara",
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    "content": "payment because of interest and balance which was delayed payment. I also want to draw the House' attention to Ziwa-Kitale Road which I did mention on page 212, where roads are done, no value for money is given and the public coffers continue paying. The Committee was appalled by the reckless manner in which the contract was awarded and implemented leading to a loss of K£224 million, an equivalent of Kshs500 million. This is not something that anybody can take for granted. If a Government can lose, with one transaction, Kshs500 million, then we are losing much more. In this regard, the contractor who was on site, Messrs TMAM was recommended to be precluded from tendering for Government services. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to move finally to the Kenya National Assembly which acquired its own premises a while ago. Colossal sums of money were spent in the acquisition of property, under the advice of the Attorney-General who acted for the official liquidator of Continental House and also acted for the Government. The building was bought from the Official Receiver where the Attorney-General was the Official Receiver. It was bought by the Government where the Attorney-General was also the legal advisor. This is a contradiction and conflict of interest. As a result, Parliament lost billions of shillings. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is not enough. I can assure you that the Ministry of Roads and Public Works this time round acted fairly and advised that, that building called Continental House should not be renovated, because the cost of renovating an existing building was sufficient to build a new one. That is the same thing we have been arguing about preserving the sanctity of this Chamber as opposed to doing a quality job and maintain this as an archive. But people want to make quick kills out of it. They were advised objectively by the Ministry of Roads and Public Works that the cost of renovating this building is more than double the cost of acquisition and were told to use that money to build a bigger complex where Parliamentarians can even have changing rooms when they come from constituencies."
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