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    "content": "PAYMENT OF PENDING BILLS OWED TO SUPPLIERS OF NYS Hon. Members, there is yet another Petition being No. 38/2021 on payment of pending bills owed to suppliers of the National Youth Service (NYS) for the period 2013 to 2018. I wish to report to the House that my office has received a petition from persons identifying themselves as suppliers and contractors who were engaged by the NYS to supply goods and offer various services during the period 2013-2018. The Petitioners contend that during the period in question, the NYS initiated various projects and programmes including the rebranding of the agency, slum upgrading projects as well as youth and women empowerment programmes across the country. They further submit that in line with the terms of engagement, they delivered on their contractual obligations to the satisfaction of the agency and were thereafter entitled to payment for the goods and/or services rendered. However, due to financial irregularities that were discovered within the NYS around the year 2015, all payments were suspended and a Multi-Agency Verification Committee was later established by the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Gender and the National Treasury to verify all pending bills and claims against the NYS. Hon. Members, the petitioners state that the Multi-Agency Verification Committee tendered its report and recommended the payment of the genuine and verified suppliers and contractors. However, the petitioners observed that this has not happened despite a presidential directive for all public entities to clear all verified pending bills owed to suppliers and contractors. Consequently, the petitioners now seek the intervention of this House to cause the concerned parties to process the verified payments to the suppliers to avert further suffering as some are servicing loans and other credit facilities. Hon. Members, the petitioners have indicated that efforts to have the matter addressed by the relevant bodies have been unsuccessful. It is for this reason that they now seek the assistance of the National Assembly as a matter well within its authority. Hon. Members, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 227(1), this Petition stands committed to the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. The Committee is requested to consider the petition and report its findings, and whatever recommendation it makes, to the House. In considering the issues herein and whatever recommendations it makes, may I implore the Committee to address the fact that it is possible there were genuine suppliers even before the scandals and who have not been paid to date. I thank you!"
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