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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "the Kenya Highways Authority, the National Land Commission and the respective project contractors. The Committee has prepared reports on these Petitions which will be tabled in the Senate within the next few weeks. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with respect to county visits, during the period under review, the Committee undertook three successful county visits- (1) Inspection of the ongoing construction of the Western By-Pass Road Project in Kiambu County. (2) Rehabilitation and enhancement of James Gichuru Road which is partly in Nairobi and ends in Kiambu. This is the road popularly known as Nakuru Road; and, (3) County visit to Kajiado, West Pokot, Isiolo and Turkana counties; which this Committee undertook as one visit. During the inspection of the Western By-Pass the project in Kiambu County which was undertaken on Tuesday, 12th March, 2019, the primary objective was to assess the project implementation status as per the original design, the scope of works, justification for redesigning that road, completion timelines and compensation of the affected persons. The Committee is following up on the issues that emerged during that visit. It is noteworthy to say here, for purposes of clarity that one challenge that we encountered, which is an issue that needs to be resolved, is that contracts that are signed by the national Government on behalf of the people of Kenya, are signed under the arrangement of build, operate and transfer. Once the contracts are signed, you find that project designs change and sometimes they change to limit the scope. That change is not reflected in the charges that were originally agreed upon. We have had two cases that require review. That is the Western Bypass Road and the James Gichuru A104 Road where works were reduced to the extent of almost Kshs2 billion to Kshs3 billion. This is only in the quantity of the scope of works, but not commensurate or reflected in what the project cost itself was. You expect that when that kind of redesigning occurs and there is a reduction in the initial input then definitely, there has to be a commensurate reduction in whatever was agreed upon as the project cost. The other mission that the Committee undertook during these visits was to find out whether revision of the concept design of the bypass and subsequent reduction of the total hectares of land required from the 45 hectares up to approximately 21 hectares had any cost implications on the initial Bills of Quantities (BQ) upon which the original contract had been signed. The Committee also went to find out if KeNHA and the National Land Commission (NLC) could provide the list of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects that were undertaken by this contactor. The issue of CSR is a predominant problem within most of the projects that have been undertaken by the national Government. Largely, this is because at the time of conceptualization of these projects, the element of CSR was not included in the contracts. At the end of the day, for example, when a project worth Kshs20 billion has been signed - that being the contract sum - it then becomes the duty of residents to go"
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