{"id":681721,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/681721/?format=json","text_counter":495,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":24,"legal_name":"Nicholas Gumbo","slug":"nicholas-gumbo"},"content":"Both you and I are Members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and have seen what happened with the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal. A small company that was formed two months earlier was given a consultancy contract of Kshs200 million. Sometimes when we talk about these figures, they are just numbers, but I can tell you, as an engineer, that counting from one to a million can take you nothing less than 20 days. A small company was given a consultancy contract under the pretext of youth access to Government procurement. It is a good thing to be awarded a Kshs200 million contract. I have been a consultant for over quarter of a century and I know for a fact that a consultancy contract of US$1 million and above is something that requires the highest level of technical and professional input. How these young 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."}