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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kisang",
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        "legal_name": "William Kipkemoi Kisang",
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    "content": "sold because the county government, the cooperation or the national Government department that gave you work have not honoured their part of the bargain. It is unfortunate and that is why this Bill is timely. What has been put as a fine of Kshs1 million for the person responsible---. There are those who sit on the invoices. If they do not pay, the person in charge can be imprisoned up to five years, fined Kshs1 million or both; this could be imposed. This is a serious matter. We cannot continue exposing our people who are working hard to earn a living, take their children to school and put food on the table. As soon as you complete what you are doing for the national Government or county governments, you are taken round in cycles. In some cases, some officials want something to be facilitated before they pay not knowing that people have taken loans in the banks. The margins you get from the investment is way below what you can give out. This is something we need to ask our colleagues to support. We will also ask our colleagues in the other House to speed up passing of the Bill, so that it can be signed into law and our people can at least live decently. It is serious. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am sure that people are suffering even in the county that you come from. When governors exit office, the incoming governors should not punish those who were given businesses by the outgoing governors because they will face the same issues. After five or 10 years, when you leave office, your friends who you gave businesses will face the same problems that you exposed those who got businesses from outgoing governors. It is not a crime to be given work by sitting governors--- What is it?"
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