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    "id": 935848,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/935848/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13338,
        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
        "slug": "joseph-nduati-ngugi-2"
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    "content": "allowed to do works from Kshs1.5 billion and beyond. In NCA8, where the majority of our locals are, you are allowed to do works worth KShs5 million. You find there is no fair competition. It takes a local person a very long time before you are able to do those big contracts. Again, because of unfair trade practices, you find that the Chinese will come here and cheat the Government that they are going to partner with locals. We have no way of controlling this. Maybe now with this authority, they should be able to monitor what is happening in the industry. In the 70s, we used to have very many local contractors who were even able to do big jobs. Today, most of the African contractors are only doing small toilets or classrooms, which is very unfair. The other thing I wanted to talk about is when it comes to the locals, you find that they are given small jobs worth less than Kshs5 million. The youth, Nominee 001 and his friends, are given small jobs which they are not paid for. That is why you find Nominee 001 in the same suit. It is not that he likes it, he cannot afford to buy another one."
}