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    "id": 318454,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Bett",
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        "legal_name": "Franklin Kipng'etich Bett",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, I agree that hitherto there were reports of our officers conniving with the contractors. That is the reason we then introduced the two pieces of legislation; the National Construction Authority Act and the Engineers Act. Those two Acts are supposed to attend to the professional performance of the contractors, including ethical behaviour by contractors. Secondly, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are regular audits by our office. Some of those regular audits are also snap audits. We do not tell the site engineer or the contractor when we are visiting them for those audits. We want to make sure that the rules are not being bungled to the disadvantage of the public. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as regards giving a chance to the local leadership to participate in the assessment, that will be difficult because this is a professional thing and the contractor is only obligated to the Ministry. We have never refused at all to act to the complaints from members of the public through the Press, radio or through Questions in Parliament. We always take notice of all those complaints against this or that contractor."
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