{"id":1167599,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1167599/?format=json","text_counter":323,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Navakholo, JP","speaker_title":"Hon. Emmanuel Wangwe","speaker":{"id":2543,"legal_name":"Emmanuel Wangwe","slug":"emmanuel-wangwe"},"content":"This commitment, through this Bill, that the payment is made within 90 days if it is not written... Normally, in the LSOs from the Government side, they never commit how long they will take to pay. It is just written: This is a Government LSO. There is no mandatory commitment and, therefore, since it is Government, we say it is perpetual. It will never die. I will die and leave the Government of Kenya. You commit and end up in shit. That makes it difficult. I am happy the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has concurred with the Senate so that we pass this Bill. Where the provision is not guided, we use the 90 days and if not, there are mandatory conditions and penalties that are imposed on the consumer, which in this case is the Government. This is a good Bill. It will make Kenyans happy. Earlier in the afternoon, we recommended to the Procedure and House Rules Committee’s Report of the Deputy Speaker that we should have a Committee that will deal with the national The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."}