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    "id": 1167604,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dadaab, KANU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mohamed Duale",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mohamed Dahir Duale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to contribute to this very important Bill. Since the onset of devolution, many businessmen and suppliers at the county level and also at the national level have been impoverished. The citizens of this country who are in business are major taxpayers. If they are grounded because of non-payment for services or goods delivered, they cease to be taxpayers hence it affects our economy grossly. I think it is very important we have a law in place to compel all levels of Government—whether national or county, or State corporations—to pay for services and goods delivered to them within a period of 90 days. When businessmen get a job, they sometimes borrow money from banks. The banks want their interest and principal even when they are not paid. Many times they lose their property, including residential houses, plots and so on. Some people have actually died because of this kind of stress. If passed, this Bill will contribute much in minimising stress, loss of life, loss of property, depression and failure to pay tax. People have been paying tax diligently yet they have, at once, been impoverished. They are not contributing to the national economy. The county governments, in my case Garissa County, are very notorious. It has not been paying debts incurred by previous county governments. This is very sad. It has impoverished many people. With those few remarks, I support."
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