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    "id": 1081417,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1081417/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nakuru Town East, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "According to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, one cannot give a contract if there is no money. This is not about awarding contracts when there is no money, but about removing money which had already been committed and then there is no funding. This is something the National Treasury needs to look into and stop denying Kenyans this very important enabler. Energy is an enabler of the Big Four Agenda and without it, nothing can be done to address the agenda. In as much as I support the Supplementary Estimates II, the National Treasury needs to look into this very key sector. Denying it a staggering Kshs8 billion is something which will hurt this economy. Many projects were in progress. It is sad because just the other day, a contract which had been awarded and was almost 80 per cent complete was terminated only for the contractor to be awarded another Kshs4.2 billion. This is the kind of issue where payment was delayed and this causes pending bills. The contractor went to court and with only Kshs600 million to be paid, they got awards because of interests accrued. This is a noble thing for us to do. I do not want to talk about the short period because it is hurting. You can imagine you are given the Supplementary Estimates II and you only have a day to make payments. You do not even have time to interrogate respective ministries and services. Due to this, we understand one of the Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) is going to pay over Kshs200 million for a loan. In the first place, we wonder how they acquired such a loan as a government institution yet it was never approved. These are some of the issues like taking this money to pay loans. I agree that this money will be used for Kazi Mtaani. Yes, there are many pending bills, but at the same time, we want to have more money going towards this noble idea. As the Chair has said, the Supplementary Estimates II should not come here after 30th and this should not be by word, but through legislation. We must implore the National Treasury that the supplementary budget will not be accepted after 30th April. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support."
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