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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatangi",
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        "legal_name": "Paul Kimani Wamatangi",
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    "content": "almost Kshs1 billion in a contract. The entire contract is finalized, but only a 60 metre loop costing less than Kshs58 million was remaining unfinished for the last, I do not know how many years. That was the reason this jam continued to accumulate at Malaba. Madam Temporary Speaker, recently, for the information of the House, my Committee posed this question to the Cabinet Secretary when he appeared on other matters, and he confirmed that they have undertaken the repairs. We have done our due diligence, and I think it is yet to be completed. I want to give the House assurance, alongside all the other supplementary questions that have been asked by the Senators and the Senate Minority Leader. I also want to confirm that during that visit, when we went with Sen. Wetangula, we looked at that bridge that has been mentioned by Sen. Orengo and, indeed, asked the same questions. It appeared to us simply that the contractor who had been given that job did not have the capacity to work on that bridge. I want to assure Members that we shall take this matter very seriously. I want to thank Sen. Sakaja for the information that he has given us, as a fast-track towards resolving this matter. Sometimes back, the Office of the Speaker and House leadership engaged Cabinet Secretaries on the question of invitations and summons. They mutually agreed that the safe period for us to invite a Cabinet Secretary and for them to receive a correspondence has got to be at least within those 14 days. Other than directed by the Speaker from the Chair, if you so direct, I am certain that the Office of the Clerk should oblige that this is a very urgent matter. I also agree that all those truck drivers who were around all those border points cannot just hang around for 14 days for us to give a resolution. If you so direct - I am sure that it will be honoured by the office of the Clerk - we are ready to meet the Cabinet Secretary even tomorrow. We are ready to take action and go there with the Senators as fast as possible. With your direction, we shall take up this matter and ensure that the right thing is done because sometimes we have people who have been given responsibility in offices of Government, but they sit there to enjoy themselves and feel like they have ‘arrived,’ so to say, while Kenyans are suffering. We shall look deeply into this matter. Please, give us your backing by giving the directive and the Office of the Clerk should oblige and give us at least seven days. We should have the Cabinet Secretary responding to this matter and appearing before this House to deal with this matter, and then we will take the necessary action. Thank you."
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