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        "legal_name": "Christopher Mogere Obure",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, indeed, the situation which the hon, Member has described was the situation then. But we have been able to address it. We have issued policy guidelines that where we want to construct footbridges in the country, it should be done at the district level. The procurement process and the contractor should be procured locally at the district level. Therefore, the question of designs and all what is taking place in Nairobi has since stopped. I want to assure the hon. Members that we have made considerable improvements. Even when you look at the quality of the structures that we have put in place, it has improved tremendously because we have improved over time in the last two years. We have had problems about the cost of construction. This is a general problem throughout all the Ministries of Government. This question is being addressed through various actions and we believe that we should be able to reduce the cost of construction of not only footbridges, but all other public projects so that wananchi can also get more value for their money through that infrastructure."
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