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    "id": 1393891,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1393891/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Murkomen",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 440,
        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "They have to receive an allocation from KeNHA before paying somebody. If they are paying other people without us giving them money, we then must thank NLC and ask them where they are getting this money. It will be unimaginable to think that NLC would get money from any other source other than the one being transmitted from KeNHA. We own up to the position that we have only given Kshs300 million and we still owe people Kshs1.5 billion. We will pay these monies as soon as the budget is allocated by the National Assembly. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we hoped that we were going to get the necessary budget allocation by the end of this year but you know public debt and many other challenges have delayed allocation to the infrastructure sector. For us to clear pending bills in the next financial year, we need Kshs150 billion. If we are given that, we will come to zero before progressing to construct the remaining balance of the roads in the country. You can see how serious that challenge is. Sen. Wambua, I am glad you know that it did not happen when we came to office but as early as 2019 and has been an historical problem across the country."
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