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    "id": 1275372,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cherarkey",
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        "legal_name": "Cherarkey K Samson",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, let me go first, so that I do not lose my train of thought, then allow my colleagues to also ask their questions. Cabinet Secretary, on Page 14, you indicated that you have paid 50 per cent to Junior Secondary Schools. However, in response to my supplementary question, you indicated that by June, you had given the total amount to Junior Secondary Schools. Is it your submission that you want to mislead the House by giving contradicting information? On the final supplementary question, Section 86 of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act says that a successful tender shall be given to the lowest evaluated bidder in the pricing. On this issue of the supply of textbooks, how sure are we, as a House, that the open tender that is being given by the Ministry meets Section 86 of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act? There are allegations that the other mainstream publisher comes from one ethnic community. On the issue of textbooks, since it is still one and the final question, I had asked about the total pending bill that the Ministry of Education owes to the suppliers of the textbooks. As we talk today, is it Kshs1.1 billion as I have seen in the document the Cabinet Secretary has shared. In one sentence, what is the total pending bill? I can confirm to the Cabinet Secretary, contrary to what he is saying, that they are providing learning materials to schools, vitu kwa ground ni different. The Cabinet Secretary should use the Evaluation and Monetary Unit and Presidential Delivery Unit. This is because most parents are still buying the learning materials. Those are my two supplementary questions. Thank you."
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