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    "id": 862633,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/862633/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David ole Sankok",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13166,
        "legal_name": "David Ole Sankok",
        "slug": "david-ole-sankok"
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    "content": "There is a clause on the issue of the attorney who will be signing these contracts. As a House, we should insist on the qualification and experience of this particular attorney. Our youth are graduating and they really need these jobs. When they graduate, you will hear people saying what Hon. Kimunya said, that I did it in good faith to the best of my knowledge. But the knowledge was from the university and they do not have experience, so they may not be able to ascertain and dig out the clauses that are on these contracts in terms of payments. We also need to insist that there should be a clause on the timeframe of these contracts being completed. You will find contracts particularly roads that have taken ages. Even on the NG-CDF, it is demoralising to get a road of five kilometres taking 10 years to complete and before the project is even completed, the first kilometre will need repairs. We therefore, need to have these timeframes. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also expected to see a clause that talks of payments and the memorandum of understanding that whenever a contract is issued, the money provided should be enough. We are having a lot of white elephant projects. Contracts are awarded, people come for variation and they want to increase money. They are then assisted by the people in those offices to get variation. These variations sometimes require kick-backs and it actually delays these contracts. When I was the Chairman for the National Council for Persons Living with Disabilities, we used to award contracts. We used to give someone an opportunity to bring the BQs signed by the Ministry of Works. Once they brought the BQs, I had to ascertain the amount of money they needed and we would give them a full cheque against a memorandum of understanding that they would finish a particular project within five months. There was no variation at all. The BQs read a specific amount of money and we did not have a back and forth talking of variations. If in awarding contracts the money is not enough, the building will not be completed and there will be no allocation or vote on that particular project. We have so many white elephant projects and incomplete projects that are draining our economy. I support and urge the Committee to ensure that they incorporate the good comments so that they enrich this Bill at the Committee of the whole House so that we can protect the contractors, Government and citizens who are the taxpayers because they suffer when we lose these monies. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support."
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