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    "content": "through the Supplementary Budget. The payments will be made in instalments as funds flow from the National Treasury with the oldest certificate being paid first. The Government intends to settle most of the outstanding payments by the end of the financial year and to budget for the balance in the next financial year. As aforementioned above, the Government is making the arrangement to pay the contractor so that the contractor’s machines are not seized due to failure to meet their obligations to creditors. In the meantime, when requested by the contractors, the Government is also confirming the amounts owed to them and giving them assurances that the arrangements are being made to pay them for the comfort of their creditors. The ongoing projects have specific contracts with specific terms and conditions. Therefore, transferring the responsibility of payments of the contracts to the counties by sending the money allocated under the Supplementary Budget to the counties will create some contractual challenges and possible delays in payments. This will further aggravate the already precarious situation where most of the contractors have suspended works and are raising interest and other contractors have suspended works and are raising interest and other contractual claims. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this statement is signed by Eng. Musonik, the Principal Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure."
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