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    "id": 851117,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/851117/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": " I thank you, Hon. Speaker. It is true that the inordinate delays by contractors in this country, particularly the one before us, has not only denied this country an opportunity to get value for its monies but again denied us other many opportunities that should accompany establishment of new roads. We always have very stringent deliberations on the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act. There is always a very elaborate system upon which a contractor is identified and given contract to do a road. If they reverse and back-peddle in the course of these duties and do not do what is required of them, it is important for the Government to step in and, perhaps, cancel such tenders. That is so that we do not have these delays that do not work for us. Our President has made various trips abroad to go and negotiate for funding so that our roads and other infrastructural developments can be in good shape. But, if our contractors would betray the will that our President has in the other parts of the world, it does not sit well with this nation. Therefore, something needs to be urgently done. Now that we have said we need not mention particular roads, I am gagged. But, the Mamboleo Road in Kisumu has had this delay that has taken way too long to be put into use."
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