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    "id": 431991,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, even though my amendment was lost I would be more comfortable leaving that clause as it is and we amend it in future, rather than pretending to have done something about it. Why should we allow this government to government payment to be effected directly out there? Even when we bought the BVR kits - I had the privilege of serving in the Government at that time - actually we had to make actual payment for them. Even though we were paying for things which did not work, we actually made payment. I remember at one point the Treasury had not even released the funds for the procurement of the BVR kits and time was running out. Actually, we had to summon the Treasury and all the parties concerned to have them pay. So, the Government can pay any contractor or supplier who is out of the country and in a matter of hours. So, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, in my view this is not an excuse; for me I oppose this amendment because it is not helping anybody. It is just creating a loophole. Let us agree that we leave paragraph (c) intact, so that we amend it after sometime, something like six months. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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