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    "id": 77445,
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    "speaker_name": "15 Tuesday, 16th November, 2010(P) Mr. Kinyanjui",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to shed more light on my answer. I want to clearly state to the hon. Member that upon commencement of works, several challenges were encountered which brought about the exhaustion of funds. The first challenge was inadequate design. Fresh design works and alignment had to be done; these cost quite some amount which was not initially envisaged. Secondly there was the presence of obstructions from water and power lines. Water and power lines had to be relocated on an emergency basis to avoid high delay claims. The total expenditure on reallocation and reinstatement was Kshs11 million against a contract provision of Kshs1 million. Thirdly were inadequate contract provisions. After re-design and appraisal of the contract documents, some missing bill items were identified and procured on variation orders. Also there was inadequate works quantities. Several bill items were found to be under quantified, and this led to quantity overrun in several bill items, especially on drainage, earthworks and guardrail quantities. Lastly were the physical issues and resettlement. The road alignment passes through hilly terrain, offering very little leeway in terms of realignment to avoid heavy earthworks. This resulted in an increase in the quantities to be filled. In view of the issues I have stated here, the cost of the project went up. I want to assure the hon. Member that we have now taken into account all the issues that I have stated here and a proper sum will be availed as we go to tender this month."
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