{"id":817749,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/817749/?format=json","text_counter":329,"type":"other","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"RECOGNIZING THAT, there is need to grow our local industries by giving job opportunities to Kenyan citizens and building their technical capacities; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate calls upon the Government through the NCA to- (1) conduct a fresh registration drive of all building and infrastructure contractors in order to weed out all non-performing ones and to identify those who demonstrate compliance; (2) enforce strict oversight on foreign contractors and institute a mechanism to handle complaints raised against contractors; (3) ensure that foreign contractors are only awarded contracts that local contractors cannot handle and require them to include technology transfer to locals; and (4) require both local and foreign contractors to undertake corporate social responsibility activities in the counties where they operate."}