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    "id": 35937,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Prof. Anyang’-Nyong’o",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Medical Services",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 193,
        "legal_name": "Peter Anyang' Nyong'o",
        "slug": "peter-nyongo"
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that M/s Unispan Construction Company is yet to complete the refurbishment works for Embu Provincial Hospital. However, the contract period has not yet elapsed. (b) The contract period commenced on 21st June, 2010. So far, the contractor has done 16 per cent of the works with 53 percent of the contract period elapsed. The delay is solely attributable to factors on the contractor’s side. The reason he has given for the delay is that he had expected to be granted an advance payment of 10 percent of the contract sum as mobilization fee, which the Ministry declined to pay. (c) Following lack of action to fast track implementation despite many complaints by the Government side, the contractor was given a default notice by the Chief Architect, Ministry of Public Works, on 12th July, 2011. Consequent actions of the default notice include valuation of the work already done for purposes of settlement ahead of termination of the contract and fresh award to a more competent firm. However, the contractor wrote back to the Ministry on 22nd July, 2011, requesting to be given an additional 21 days to mobilize funds to fast track implementation. His request was granted and now he has until 12th August, 2011 to demonstrate the capacity to fasttrack implementation, including proof that he has obtained a credit facility from his bankers as he averred in his letter. Failure to demonstrate this ability will lead to termination of the contract and a fresh award to another firm. As it is clear from the explanation, the concern of the Ministry is not that the contractor will abandon the project before completion. Rather, it is that the Ministry is concerned over slow implementation. In this regard, the contractor has been put on default notice."
}