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    "id": 924642,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/924642/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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        "id": 13185,
        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
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    "content": "implementation of well-intended projects cause a lot of money to be lost. From a construction point of view, the process of conceptualizing and implementing a project is very obvious and clear. There is nothing more to it. However, you will find that many counties do not want to engage in professionalism because they deem professionals to be expensive. I can tell you, without a doubt, that this is not true. I have had engagements where I tell members in counties that an architect is not expensive. In fact, you stand to lose more when you do not involve one in your planning process. You need these professionals to help you with the planning, budgeting, running and oversight of the projects. You also need them when it comes to certification, checking on variations and all those things. I know many counties are having a challenge having these professionals in place. We have to find way of encouraging them to invest in professionalism. Madam Temporary Speaker, this House once passed a Motion that the National Construction Authority (NCA) needed to weed out many of the rogue or blacklisted contractors. We know that this is a problem in the counties, where contractors who have not even finished their projects are still awarded more projects though cronyism, or whatever else you can call it. We all know it is wrong that somebody be given a new project when he has not finished a previous one. To this day, that Motion has never been responded to, which is very unfortunate. We should have a full re-registration of contractors so that we can weed out anybody who has not performed their duty. It is not difficult to do analyses and audits on projects. It is easy to go to a project and find out why it is not complete; why the certificate was not raised, or why it was raised with so many variations. Those are easy things to do. I would, therefore, call for a relook at how the registration of contractors is being done. We know very well that in this country, anybody can become a contractor, and therein lies the problem. You just go and get a fellow contractor or somebody, register a company quickly, then run and get a tender. These are the practices that need to stop. This is happening so much in the counties, leading to incomplete and un-utilised projects. These risks need to be mitigated at a very early on stage."
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