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    "id": 813315,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/813315/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Majority Leader",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
        "slug": "kipchumba-murkomen"
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was coming to the question of foreigners and their control in the roads sector. As a response to these cowboy contractors; the people who messed up our roads--- They formed small briefcase companies and allocated money to those companies. As a result, Kenyans started trusting foreigners. These foreigners do the roads within a very short time and in most cases, Kenyans appreciate that the quality of those roads is up to standard. However, there is something that is now happening. Why are we training our young people to study Engineering? Why are we encouraging Kenyans to create employment? Why are we pushing for investments to be achieved in this country? How is it that a foreign contractor is paid on time, but a local contractor, who even works so hard on 5 or 10 kilometres road, is not paid on time? We must agree, as a country, that the time has come for us to have this conversation with a view of supporting the local economy and content and also setting the standard for the same people who will construct those roads to meet the required standards. I know of a local contractor in my county who did a road from 2010 and finished it last year. You cannot use seven years to do 12 kilometres of a road. Therefore, we must balance. 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."
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