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    "id": 1109449,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1109449/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD - K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First and foremost, I empathise with the Equip Agencies Limited. It is very unfortunate. Article 10 of the Constitution outlines the national values and principles of governance. Under sub-article (2)(a), there is rule of law. The Government is obliged to obey court orders. We are calling upon the relevant Cabinet Secretary to move with speed and settle this amount owed to Equip Agencies Limited. As you commit this matter to the relevant Committee, it is important that the Budget and Appropriations Committee gets involved so that it can be sorted out amicably bearing in mind the time value of money. In this country, we still have problems with malaria which is still the number one killer particularly during pregnancy and for children under five years. Equip Agencies Limited has demonstrated that they had supplied the goods and were given satisfaction in terms of the specification. So, it is important that the Government of Kenya moves with speed to settle this matter. The “Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) billionaires” have already been paid yet it was just the other day. So, why it is that Equip Agencies Limited that has supplied goods since 1995 has not been paid up to now? We want this matter to be solved once and for all. The Departmental Committee on Health and the Budget and Appropriations Committee must move with speed and bring a report on the Floor of the House. Thank you."
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