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    "id": 603245,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/603245/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) (Dr.) Shaban",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Naomi Namsi Shaban",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also stand to add my voice to this amendment of the Government Proceedings Bill of 2014. I want to congratulate Senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior for bringing this amendment. The Senators are now doing what they ought to do, which is dealing with the issues concerning counties and, more so, on an issue like this one, which is very important to Kenyans. We have seen very many Kenyans running around claiming pending debts that they were not paid for services that they rendered. The interesting thing is that some of these people can easily move to court and be granted some payments. They can also rush there to attach properties which are government owned. Once this gray area in the county governments is covered, it will really help in making sure that county government properties are safe. County government and national Government properties are actually owned by Kenyans. They are not individual properties, but public owned properties which should be kept safe. What Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Junior has done will go a long way in clearing any issue that somebody had or even thought of dealing with county government properties. Nobody will dare deal with this. In the past, we saw a Kenyan moving to the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) and actually having the audacity to auction and carry property belonging to the NCPB. The NCPB is a property of Kenyans. I can see Hon. Chrisantus Wamalwa smiling because he is thinking of his dear brother and his bad behaviour in terms of going for property which is owned by Kenyans. This Bill will now put to rest issues like those ones, as far as county governments are concerned. That does not give governors a reason not to pay people who have rendered some services to county governments. They should own up. People who have done serious business and rendered some service to them should be paid in time. The policy of government is you do not give work if there is no money. If the funds were allocated to a particular project, then people should be paid in time so that they can meet their financial obligations. Hon. Speaker, I beg to support."
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