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    "id": 776634,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kamanda",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Maina Kamanda",
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    "content": "I would like to raise another point. I was the Chair of Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing for five years and interacted very well with Members. Members would canvass for certain contractors to be awarded contracts. That is where we go wrong as a House. The moment we push for a contractor to be awarded a tender in our constituencies and he does not perform, we will not be able to discipline them. How I wish the Chairman could listen to this because this is an area I used to get a lot of pressure from Members. They would want certain contractors to be awarded contracts. That is the genesis of very big problems. If we push that agenda, when it comes to discipline, we will not discipline that particular contractor. It is better we leave this matter to the officers concerned so that we only oversee the contractors. Once the officer or contractor makes a mistake, you can penalise them."
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