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    "id": 1081478,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Makueni, WDM - K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Maanzo",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "payment, these monies accrue interests, and in many occasions, contractors or the people who have worked for the Government might get auctioned. Eventually, it will lead to civil lawsuits against that particular department or against the Attorney-General. Clearly, at one point or another, that amount of money will be paid with interest. In that regard, the Government loses a lot of money that could have been used to do other good jobs. The point is efficiency in disbursement of funds to ensure that Government projects are completed whether in the national Government or in the counties. Definitely, on the money we allocate here to go to the counties, although it is accounted for differently through the Senate, we also have a quite a big loss on that side. Coming back to the national Government, it means that a lot of money which could have been saved is eventually allocated to pay these pending bills. They have come out very clearly and it is not an impressive thing. I do not want to repeat myself because I have followed this debate carefully and I have listened to what others have said. I would like to support and state that the issue of pending bills is painful. We have to come up with a system where pending bills in this country are cleared on time so that the Government does not incur unnecessary expenses. Contracts should also be paid on time and reviewed properly. The other thing which has come out very clearly is that a project will be started and then reviewed with a different amount of money from what was in the original contract. That ends up compromising the process of procurement and the opportunity is not given to other Kenyans or contractors who would have been interested. You find that a contractor is on site and while he or she is working, there is an upward review of the cost of the project, although the law stipulates to what percentage a review can happen and its necessity. This is one of the areas which lead to delays and eventually ends up with audit queries and pending bills."
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