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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker. First of all, I do note that this Bill not only proposes on how we can have an effective legal tool to promote businesses and cure late payment in county governments but also in the national Government. It means that there is need to cure this issue of late payment with regards to procurement of goods, services and works in both levels of government. To that end, it is a very well-meaning Bill. However, sometimes these well-meaning Bills can also come with some challenges. In the case of this particular Bill, the challenges do outweigh the benefits that we might have. One, the reason why it will be difficult for me to support this Bill is because when we look at issues like payment in counties and we have seen this time and again, that availability of funds is a very major component of how payments are done to contractors and the people who are offering services. Availability of funds is a function of the Exchequer, which then goes to the issue of revenue collection. We know that even as we speak right now, we have struggled as a House. I sit in the Committee of Finance and Budget and also in the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPIC), where we try to hold the National Treasury accountable as much as we can. Sometimes you find pressure that is indeed impossible to deal with; where the National Treasury has had serious Exchequer demands yet they"
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