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    "id": 1167602,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1167602/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Prof.) Jacqueline Oduol",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13514,
        "legal_name": "Jacquiline Adhiambo Oduol",
        "slug": "jacqueline-adhiambo-oduol"
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I support the Prompt Payment Bill (Senate Bill No. 16 of 2021). This Bill seeks to very specifically address a very urgent concern with regard to the frustration suppliers, contractors and all those who give their time to provide services go through. I particularly thank the Committee for how they have enabled specificity to the very issue that we are dealing with. A number of times we can have Bills and many pronouncements but we find that they become a big challenge in implementation when they are not so clearly specified. As I support this Bill, I do it because it is clear we can now see there will be very clear timelines that will be agreed upon in contracts. Should there have been some oversight, mischief or maybe just negligence in how the contract was drawn, there will be very specific indication that payments must be made within 90 days. I also see that there is clarity in providing punitive measures. We will not want a situation where people do not bother with payments because they do not think it will cost them. It is because we clearly see there will be proposed interest. So, I support this Bill because the devolution that is celebrated and has brought a lot of joy to the citizens in Kenya has also tended to cause a lot of pain. That is especially with regards to how payments and how those who provide services have been treated. I thank you because this truly is a good indication that we as Parliament are ensuring there is a response to the concerns about problems that people experience—that the law then speaks to the problems, and has very clear ways of solving them. With that, I support."
}