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    "id": 1013886,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to make a comment on the Petition brought to the Floor of this House by Nandi Senator. The issue of non-payment of contractors by secondary schools should not arise. The laws governing procurement in this country are explicit that by the time you are issuing a tender for supply of goods and services, you have ring-fenced the amounts equivalent to the cost of the tender you have floated. This is a continuation of bad manners in the management of public affairs, especially the relationship between contractors and contracting agencies in public service. It shall be remembered that this House has been called upon to deliberate on issues of pending bills running into hundreds of millions of shillings. In support of this Petition, the running excuse in many public institutions is that they are unable to meet their financial obligations because of COVID-19. Let it be known that public schools are not factories, they do not manufacture anything that they sell, they are not business entities. You cannot say that because of COVID-19, they are not generating money to pay for services rendered and goods supplied. Mr. Speaker. Sir, it should be noted that the suppliers to public institutions as stated in the Petition are doing their businesses through credit accessed in commercial banks. The banks are demanding payment for the loans they have taken. The Committee to which the petition will be committed should expedite the payment of the monies owed to the suppliers and the contractors. I support."
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