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    "id": 1462561,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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        "legal_name": "Osotsi Godfrey Otieno",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to comment on the Statements. I want to comment on the Statement by Sen. Wafula of Bungoma County on the matter of pending bills, and also the Statement by Sen. Beth Syengo on the issue of capitation of vocational training centres. The greatest risk to devolution in this country is pending bills. I have sat in this House and almost on a weekly basis, I have heard my colleagues raising matters to do with pending bills in their counties. I have also done the same for my county, Vihiga County. However, even as we do this, we are seeing very little progress being made to address this problem of pending bills. This House passed a Motion sponsored by the Senator for Narok County on the matter of pending bills. We were very clear on what we wanted done to address this problem. I am concerned that the institutions that are supposed to have implemented our resolutions are also moving very slowly in addressing this matter. In our counties, we are seeing the kind of suffering contractors and suppliers are going through. Two months ago in my county, we buried a contractor who collapsed and died because of the stress emanating from not being paid by the County Government of Vihiga. Pending bills is a serious matter. I request the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget to follow up on all the Statements that Members have made in this House regarding the payment of pending bills in our counties. The second issue on capitation of vocational training centres is a very serious issue. You remember last week, I also brought a Statement on the same matter of vocational training centres in my county. These vocational training centres are collapsing because they are underfunded, poorly managed and very little is going on there. This is also a matter that we would be glad if the Standing Committee on Education took interest to have it addressed. These vocational training centres were supposed to be avenues---"
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