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    "id": 549054,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this. First and foremost, I want to thank the Chairman and the entire Committee of Public Investment Committee (PIC) for the work well done. Hon. Deputy Speaker, you will agree with me that PIC is one of the very active Committees that have contributed heavily. It has generated so many reports we have debated on the Floor of the House. And, as it says you give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar. Pipeline is very critical and we are told that the current pipeline has done about 37 years and that it has gone beyond its lifespan by 12 years. This tells you that whoever did it had done it to the specifications and it happened that Zakhem International is the same company that had built the initial one. We also want to thank them because for a company to come and do the work and go beyond means that the work that was done was of quality and that it was in line with the technical specifications that were there. I am also happy to learn that the same company has been awarded this line one pipeline. That means this company-and there is something called learning curve, it has that experience and expertise. It is one company you can trust with this issue of pipeline that they are going to do work. We remember very well the Mukuru-Sinai fire where many people were burnt and others died. In this House, we passed the Victims Protection Act which requires the Government to establish a Fund to help such victims. As we speak, those people have not been compensated up to now. So, the challenge to my colleagues in the Committee on The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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