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    "id": 1532411,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, there has also been a problem of pending bills. Our economy has slowed down largely because many business people across the country have bills arising from delivering goods and services to the national and county governments. They have not been paid. One of the culprits is the Ministry of Defence. I can see in this Supplementary Budget that the Ministry of Defence has been allocated an additional Ksh6 billion to settle pending bills. I hope the Principal Secretary and accounting officers in the Ministry of Defence will settle those pending bills, especially bills relating to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Many SMEs are suffering for lack of capital. Some have even closed down due to non-payment of pending bills. I plead with the Ministry of Defence to prioritise payments to SMEs before they go to the big suppliers who may have a little more muscle with the banks."
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