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    "id": 246234,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/246234/?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, if I were to give the genesis of this road, initially we worked out a design for upgrading it to gravel standard and we advertised it in the media. A contractor by the name Bridgestone won the tender. He was awarded the contract and was told to move to start construction. He started construction but he has been very slow on it. In the process, we had already commissioned Kass Consultants to do the design to upgrade the road to bitumen standard at a cost of about Kshs9.2 million. At the moment, Kass Consultants have given the preliminary design report and they have already finished the draft final design report which they are going to give to the Ministry. So, the Ministry has addressed the contractor because he was slow in mobilisation. We are intending to terminate the gravelling contract so that we can save the Kshs120 million and then we go ahead and advertise for bitumenization of this road. The Kshs100 million hon. Arungah is talking about is the amount that we anticipate we could use this financial year although the cost of the construction will be substantially higher. We cannot use all the money in one financial year taking into account that by the time we go to tender, it will be about August or September in the next financial year."
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