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    "id": 522699,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/522699/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "can assist with regulating, developing and addressing some of the challenges within the procurement profession. May I also point out something I have noticed in our procurement system – delays in paying contractors? I have come across suppliers whose bills have been pending in Government offices for a long time. This appears to happen a lot more in the county governments. There are people who have gone out of their way to either use their savings or have gotten loans from banks to participate in Government procurement. However, the Government takes so long to pay such supplies. Sometimes, it even takes years for one to be paid for goods or services that he or she supplied to a Government entity. There are people whose businesses have collapsed because of such delays. There should be penalties for unwarranted delays in payment for goods and services rendered. Another area which needs to be looked into carefully, which has been used gainfully by corrupt people, is that of revision of tenders and variation of the contract sums of such tenders. This provision was misused so much in the past. This is an area which needs to be looked into more carefully, so that it is not used to fleece the public. Finally, the area of affirmative action needs a lot of attention. As we all know, opportunities for employment, particularly for our youth, are not forthcoming. The youth can be empowered through award of contracts, so that they can earn their living since we know that the unemployment rate is high."
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