{"id":628546,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/628546/?format=json","text_counter":80,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Wetangula","speaker_title":"The Senate Minority Leader","speaker":{"id":210,"legal_name":"Moses Masika Wetangula","slug":"moses-wetangula"},"content":" Yes, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Chairman of the Committee, in responding to this, should take into account the fact that this is a matter that the Committee he chairs has been grappling with. You may recall that the former President of Kenya, President Kibaki - arguably the best president this country has ever had - decreed that no public procurement should be undertaken until and unless there is a budgetary provision to cover it. Indeed, it was during his time that he set up a committee to sort out pending bills in the country. Today, without exception, almost each and every of the 47 counties is choking with a pending bill of not less than Kshs2 billion."}