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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for the opportunity. I will speak to the issue of pending bills. As my colleagues before me have said and since I got to this House, this is about the eighth time we are having this issue of pending bills being debated before this House. When companies such as the Kenya Airways (KQ) apply for bailouts, we see the Government paying off Kshs55 billion, Kshs7 billion or Kshs37 billion almost immediately. However, we give a deaf ear to our Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who are actually the backbone and have the potential to significantly affect our economy. We are saying that we want to grow the economy through a bottom-up approach. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"content": "I do not know if you are aware that in Nairobi, for example, Gov. Sakaja will not pay Gov. Sonko's pending bills. It is out there in the public domain. Gov. Kidero's pending bills will also not be paid. I wonder why we are punishing our people for doing business with the county government. We are the ones who should be encouraging this relationship with our young people and giving them hope that the Government can be trusted. The rich and the big business people take advantage because they are connected. Sometimes you find that bids have been floated, but only one person or sometimes not even one person has responded to the bid because of the fear that they will not be paid. That makes the big business people thrive because they are the only ones doing business with the county governments since they are assured of payment. If we decide to sort this issue of pending bills as a Senate because it concerns the counties, we can put our foot down and have the pending bills paid as far as the first county government. When talking about the pending bills, are we aware that there are contractors who have never been paid as far as 2013?"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " Proceed, Sen. David Wakoli Wafula."
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"content": "Bi. Spika wa Muda, asante kwa nafasi hii. Kwanza, nawapa pole walioathirika na janga la moto katika soko la Toi. Hili ni jambo ambalo lazima tuangazie kama Seneti. Ni vipi magatuzi yetu yamejiandaa katika kukabiliana na janga la moto? Jambo la kusononesha sana ni kwamba baadhi za kaunti za Kenya hazina magari za kuzima moto na vifaa mahususi vinavyoweza kutumika kuzima moto. Janga linapotokea, wao ni kushika simu kuuliza moto ulianza wapi, unafanana namna gani, watu wamejaa au la, barabara inapitika au haipitiki, ilhali mali ya watu inachomeka na maisha kuangamia. Jumba la Seneti liangazie kujiandaa kwa kaunti zetu katika kukabiliana na majanga ili mali ya wanabishiara wa Kenya isije iharibike. Jambo la pili ni Hoja iliyoulizwa na Mhe. Beth Syengo kuhusiana na vyuo vikuu. Tunapoangazia miundo mbinu na jinsi vyuo hivi vinafadhiliwa, ni jambo la kusononesha sana katika kaunti zetu. Juzi tumekuwa na Gavana wa Kaunti ya Bungoma na wanaotia sahihi matumizi ya pesa, baadhi ya akaunti zao za benki hawajulikani. Ni ishara kwamba tusipoangaza macho jinsi pesa zinavyotumika, baadhi ya vyuo hivi vitatumika kama ng’ombe za kiuchumi ambazo zitakamuliwa kwa niaba ya Wakenya. Mwisho kabisa ni kuwarai Maseneta wenzangu kwamba wakati umefika Serikali inapokaza kamba kuhakikisha utepetevu na kutolewa katika idara ya mawaziri kadhaa tuliyonao hata katika sekta ya wizara na kaunti zetu. Tuhakikishe kwamba ugatuzi na fedha inatumika ipasavyo."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " The last person to comment is Sen. Erick Okong’o Omogeni."
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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I want to comment on this issue of pending bills and inform the Senate Majority Leader that if we were to have an honest conversation around this issue of pending bills, it is all about the interests of certain governors who will never release payments to certain contractors, unless there is something The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate."
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"content": "they are getting as a kickback. That is where the problem is. Senate Majority Leader, through you Speaker, we need to have a very honest conversation on how we can deal with this cancer called corruption. It is all around the interests of a sitting governor. If a new governor comes into office and finds a contractor who was recruited by the previous governor, there is fear that they will not approach them to get a kickback. They will divert the money that they get in that financial year to pay another contractor whom they are able to cut a deal with. Let us involve all the stakeholders in this industry. We need to have a conversation with Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), so that they can give us a proposal on how we criminalize this idea of leaving out contractors who are given contracts by the previous governor, but whom the new governor does not intend to pay. It is the same problem Sen. Mutinda is talking about of Sen. Sakaja. It is the same thing in Nyamira. We are unable to complete our county referral hospital because the sitting governor is not willing to pay the contractor because the contractor was recruited by the late Gov. Nyagarama. The same thing with Manga stadium. You see these things in the audit reports year in, year out. The best thing is to amend the law, especially ethics and corruption legislation. We can make it a criminal case If there is a procurement plan and work has been done and certificates issued yet a governor refuses to pay. All we want to confirm is that work was given out and that it was done. There is confirmation from professionals that that service provider should be paid and then we release the money. Worldwide the biggest trading partner is normally the government. The government must demonstrate that when you are doing business with it, you are dealing with a business partner that has integrity; we will be able to pay for services and work rendered. How can we allow people who are in business to have their homes auctioned?"
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"content": "COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR"
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"content": "VISITING DELEGATION FROM MOGOMA SECONDARY SCHOOL, BOMET COUNTY"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " Hon. Senators, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the public gallery this afternoon of visiting teachers and students from Mogoma Secondary School in Bomet County. The delegation comprises six teachers and 68 students who are in the Senate for a one-day academic exposition. Hon. Senators, in our usual tradition of receiving and welcoming visitors to Parliament, I extend a warm welcome to them. On behalf of the Senate and my own behalf, I wish them a fruitful time of learning. I request the Senate Majority Leader to welcome them very briefly."
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