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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wamatinga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wahome Wamatinga",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. I urge my fellow Senators, let us get into dialogue with our governors. Let us sit down with county assemblies and county executives, so that we can save Kenyans who are being auctioned and dying from depression. We need to save the situation. This can only be done through a concerted effort and us putting mechanisms and measures in place so that there is no new commitment. No new procurement should be done before pending bills are settled. Failure to do this, will not only ruin the companies, but also see many people losing their property because many contractors and suppliers resort to borrowing money from banks and are required to service the loans. It is known to everybody that loans and credit facilities in this country are very expensive. A couple of times, when they roll over, you end up losing all the profit that you made in a project. It is left to us Senators to come up with mechanisms to ensure that counties that owe Kenyans billions of shillings should be paid first. Since suppliers and contractors are The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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