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    "id": 1193860,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Thang’wa",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. If we do not arrest the issue of pending bills in the counties now, it is still going to be a menace in the future years to come. Truth be told, new governors are not willing to pay pending bills of the previous governors. Sometimes, they even stop ongoing projects started by the previous governors. It is because they also want to be seen to be working by starting new projects. As the Senate, we need to come up with a solution where no new projects or facilities can be built, unless governors pay these pending bills to a certain percentage. We have World Bank projects in counties. All those projects are always paid on time and they are implemented by the counties. If this model by World Bank is working, why do we not then use it at the counties even when county governments are implementing or doing those projects? Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is high time the Senate came up with a solution. The sooner the better. If we do not do that, governors have already started swearing in their County Executive Committee Members (CECMs). They are going to commission new projects and accumulate more pending bills. If we go that way, we might never even be able to pay those who worked for our county governments."
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