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    "id": 1241216,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Omogeni",
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        "legal_name": "Erick Okong'o Mogeni",
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    "content": "We have built a beautiful house called Bunge Towers. I have worked so hard as a representative in the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) and set aside 51 offices for Senators to move to those beautiful offices. However, we are unable to move in because we are also in the thick of things. You can imagine, we are one of those culprits; people who owe suppliers and contractors. So, we are losing money allowing Members of Parliament (MPs) to rent offices simply because we are not able to pay our suppliers on time. The contractors who are supposed to supply us with furniture are yet to be paid. So, we cannot allow MPs to move to that beautiful building because; we do not have furniture. That building project was started in 2013 but we have been unable to complete it on time because we never pay our contractors on time. Therefore, this Bill will address issues like what we are seeing with Bunge Tower. It is a shame that we promised MPs that they will occupy the offices by March. It has now passed. March comes, you go to the Government and you are told that there is no money. The supplies are not paid and you again leave it pending. I support this Bill and hope that going forward, even before this Bill is enacted, we can have this plan in our counties where we appreciate those who have done business with us. Let us have a system where first in, first payment and not the idea of the last in, first paid. Indeed, that is corruption."
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