Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 816020,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/816020/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 341,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13156,
        "legal_name": "Mutula Kilonzo Jnr",
        "slug": "mutula-kilonzo-jnr"
    },
    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, this is alive and I would like to support this Motion. Sen. Kasanga may not be aware that the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) has issued a notice to do a protest because of what appears to be favouring of foreign contractors over our local engineers who are capable of doing work. I do not think, from the discussions that have been going on, that this matter has been given the emphasis that it should. Recently, the Senate Majority Leader said something that I found extremely curious. He said that Kenyans demand for Chinese contractors because local contractors have no capacity to do some of the jobs that they are called upon to do. Although I never got the opportunity to challenge him, the interesting thing is that about half of the contracts, including those for roads--- He mentioned some of the projects in the Rift Valley. The engineers, the people who actually do the drawings and, the people who issue the certificates are Kenyans and so there is no question that the people who ultimately certify that Ngong Road was done properly by Japanese or Chinese are Kenyans. Therefore, there is no question of capacity because the person who supervises the work is a Kenyan. When the President of this Republic was in Makueni in January, 2015 to launch a portion of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Kibwezi to Nairobi, we had a serious discussion about transfer of skills. It pained me to know that although the sleepers – sleepers are concrete slabs that are put on top of the rail – were being done in a place 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."
}