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    "id": 65264,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/65264/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Nguyai",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Local Government",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 113,
        "legal_name": "Lewis Nganga Nguyai",
        "slug": "lewis-nguyai"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Ministry of Finance allocated Kshs20 million to the Ministry of Education to enable the officers to monitor projects under the Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) that is Centres of Excellence and Primary Schools. An additional Kshs47 million was released to the Ministry of Education for ESP training. (b) The Ministry of Education and Ministry of Public Works have undertaken the following measures to ensure quality of construction and timely completion of the projects: 1. All schools must have valid procedurally appointed District Infrastructure Committees (DICs) and School Infrastructure Committees (SICs) for supervising and monitoring the projects. 2. The Ministry of Public Works through the District Works Officer also supervises the projects. 3. The Ministry of Education has carried out capacity building programmes to DICs and SICs on their roles and responsibilities in supervising and monitoring these projects. 4. The Ministry has recruited consultants to supervise the construction of projects to ensure quality. 5. We also have School Management Committees and Boards of Governors that are making payments to contractors based on certificates issued by professional consultants. 6. In the meantime, the Ministry is obtaining updated reports on the progress and challenges of the projects through the District Education Officers. 7. Any complaints from the stakeholders on the projects are addressed immediately by sending a fact-finding mission to the ground."
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