{"id":420273,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/420273/?format=json","text_counter":264,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Gichigi","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":1909,"legal_name":"Samuel Kamunye Gichigi","slug":"samuel-kamunye-gichigi"},"content":"The other challenge we must face is wastage. Every other time we hear the Permanent Secretaries; as they were then called, and the current office holders; keep on talking about wastage of Kshs300 billion per year - obviously it has risen. The question that you ask yourself is this: Why would I in Kipipiri construct a classroom at a cost of Kshs500,000 or Kshs600,000, but when the Ministry of Public Works does the job; it is three times that particular cost? What is happening? Is that what is also happening on our roads and on other major projects? Are we actually losing about a third of the money to unexplained costing and valuation by the Government? What is really happening?"}