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    "id": 601292,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sijeny",
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        "legal_name": "Judith Achieng Sijeny",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to assure Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that, indeed, the Government is very serious with this road. It had set aside Kshs2.5 billion and the project is well funded by the World Bank. Therefore, the money is available. We have interrogated this project together with the Committee. The construction of roads in the entire country is done in good faith. To the best of our knowledge, there is no conspiracy to do shoddy works in Western Kenya or any other part of the country. Some sections of this road-Kisumu-Kakamega and Webuye- Kitale - have been done and are on course. It is only the stretch between Kakamega- Webuye which has a problem, which I have explained extensively. It is not anything to do with the Government or the donors, that is, the World Bank. It is a problem with the contractor. Since this particular contractor could not deliver - he had only done 1 per cent of the work – the Government terminated the contract and he went to the Permanent Court at The Hague, in accordance with the agreement that they had. If I was their lawyer, I would have advised them to go to the Kenyan courts. Even though the court issued an order on 20th June, 2015 for parties to go for arbitration, it is only until 16th September that the contractor wrote to the Government stating his desire to settle this matter amicably. The Government has taken it up and they are going to meet from Friday. There are many things which need to be prepared before they sit on the table to discuss. I rest my case."
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