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    "id": 236487,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, like I said, the basis for verifying the claims and certifying which ones were payable or not was the tangible evidence laid before the committee. The committee needed evidence to show that services were rendered, or works were done, as contracted. In all those claims, you would find people claiming that they built what they called Treasury House Annex. We all know where the Treasury Building is, and we all know that there is no Treasury House Annex that has been built. Some people are claiming Kshs8 billion for building it. There are some ridiculous claims that have been subjected there. On all the claims that were certified by the committee, which is composed of professionals, we have been given all the evidence and told to pay this, because a claimant has proved that he delivered goods; there was a contract and this was the value. In terms of all the other people who went to court and obtained, through some abuse of the juidicial process, court orders compelling the Government to pay them, by the fact of them subjecting themselves to the Pending Bills Closing Committee, they had already agreed that they would not go elsewhere to seek payment except through the Pending Bills Closing Committee. The decisions made by the committee are meant to protect public money. This is what the Kibaki Government is all about."
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