{"id":99995,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/99995/?format=json","text_counter":154,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Abdirahman","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":161,"legal_name":"Abdirahman Ali Hassan","slug":"abdirahman-ali-hassan"},"content":"Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have had a chance to personally see the works that were undertaken at the Garissa Teachers Training College. I respect the Minister for Public works, but, unfortunately, the works that were undertaken are really sub-standard. I have a copy of the intended works and I would want an explanation on three items, and why the Ministry found it fit to actually allocate this amount of money. One, they have called something “preliminaries.” These are not major works like roads and equipment, and can easily be sourced from within Garissa. I am surprised why Kshs3 million was allocated for this. Equally, for services, particularly on the kitchen equipment, there was an allocation of Kshs4 million. Finally, on something they call “price fluctuations,” was Kshs5 million, spending about 25 per cent of the total money which was allocated. Can the Minister shed some light on why this had to happen?"}