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    "id": 1241159,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "When something good is done, you say it. When something is not properly done, you do oversight and you question. Private entities cut across counties. The Bill also says a procuring entity shall pay a supplier by the prescribed payment date. That will assist because we are looking at about Kshs120 billion and, of course, the supplier will be put in a position to be able to supply. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am running through to allow colleagues to also contribute. In Financial Year 2013/2014 a person constructed a cattle dip in Nandi with Bill of Quantities (BQ) of Kshs500,000. I do not know whether it makes economic sense to pay the person the same amount in 2023. We must make it painful so that people who make procurement decisions do not do it haphazardly for the convenience or to get kickbacks. We must put the interest rate. Madam Temporary Speaker, the Chairperson of the Committee on Education just walked in when we were talking about the Petition by teachers. I want to inform the House that the process of paying those teachers is underway. The 2500 teachers that moved to Nakuru High Court in 2008 will be paid. Does it make sense to pay that teacher of 1997, Kshs27,000 now? The issue of interest will ensure fairness. I want to laud Sen. Mariam Omar. Let us talk about interest, contractual and legal obligations. If I am supposed to be paid in Siaya County, I am not saying I should be paid for any service in Siaya County, where my brother, the youthful Senator, Sen. Odinga--- For example, If I am owed by my former colleague and my good friend, Sen. Orengo, the law says, so long as legal contractual obligations have been made. If I was to be paid by 1st and you end up paying me on the 5th, we should charge an interest so that governors take these things seriously. Clause 9 states that- “A person who wishes to enter into a contract for the supply of goods, works or services with a national or county government entity shall make a declaration to the Declaration of pending payments to the accounting officer of the entity on any pending payments owed to a small or micro enterprise” This is where bottom-up comes in. We said during the campaigns that we start down going up. That is the intention. That is why we are trying to tailor-make the Hustler Fund. I just wanted to give a snapshot. This is a straightforward Bill. People are saying we are introducing new taxes in the Finance Bill. We must get those taxes. I highly doubt if somebody who wants Kshs500,000 is a hustler. We are requesting to improve the capital base of 3 per cent, that is Kshs15,000. We need money to provide services to that person in the village, the Mama"
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