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    "id": 37444,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/37444/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to start by thanking the Minister profusely for the action that he has taken to bring the Statement here, appreciating the urgency of the matters at hand. I am sure it is not lost to the Minister that the airport other than being a development of ultimate prestige for our country, it is also a major security installation. I thank him for realizing that it is important to address the matters that occurred as it impacts very negatively on the image of our country and our people. The Minister is aware, and I am sure most Members here are aware, that prior to coming here, I was a practising Electrical Engineer. In fact, a consulting Engineer for that matter. That means that I have some privileged information and one bit of the privileged information that I have is that airport installations are some of the most complicated electrical installations anywhere in the world. That means that in a country like Kenya you can hardly find ten or 20 competent contractors that can handle that kind of installations satisfactorily. This, therefore, brings to question the competence of the contractors that are maintaining electrical installations at the airport. I know it and the Minister knows that one of the people who are currently maintaining the installation at the airport is Magnet Ventures. Magnet Ventures, to the extent that I know, are general merchants. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want the Minister to clarify, if indeed, Magnet Ventures, who are currently maintaining the electrical installation at the airport, do, indeed, have the competence to maintain that installation and if, in fact, part of the problems that we are realizing here today are not arising from the fact that the skewed tendering process at the KAA allowed somebody without competence to maintain that installation. The second clarification---"
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