{"id":695084,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/695084/?format=json","text_counter":1215,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Charles Njenga","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. There is a Senator, forgive me for not recollecting who it was, specifically. The Senator asked specifically where within our documents one can get the issue of the Engineer’s estimates. That should be in County Assembly documents, Volume III on page 411. It is an extract from the audit report of the Auditor-General and the categorization and the breakdown is clear from that 4.5, contract sum Kshs48,744,467, Engineer estimate Kshs38,638,342, the variance Kshs10,106,125. On page 276, a few pages before of the same document, you will see the agreement made between the County Government and the contractor. The contract sum is indicated as Kshs48,744,467. Those are two reference documents that you will be looking at in considering that particular ground. I take that question also with regard to the issue of the splitting of tenders. On page 433 of the same document, you will see in the matter of this Karson House. This Karson House needs to be understood properly in context. It is not really the entire building. The County Government is only acquiring about 11 offices, one and a half floors to house some of their officers. So it is not really the whole building that they we were partitioning or renovating. The total tenders in our estimation the contract ought to have been awarded to one contractor who could then have subcontracted the works, but the split tenders are as highlighted to make a total expenditure for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."}