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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will talk about the question of debts owed by local authorities. I had an experience at the Nairobi Water Company. I remember the challenges we faced with Government departments such as the police stations and Telkom (K), convincing the officer in charge to part with a cheque. Many of these departments are allocated money meant for utilities and levies imposed by the local authorities, but because there is no mechanism for them to be obliged to pay, they either divert their accounts or the money is returned to the Treasury for failure of payment. Therefore, an important aspect of this Report should have included, among other things, a recommendation on how these debts should be collected. For the Nairobi City Council to be owed a debt of Kshs6.4 billion is so significant that it will impact so positively if the money was availed. In the last four or five years, there have been good allocations to corporations and Ministries to meet their basic requirements, including utilities."
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