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    "id": 633726,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang’",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the House has requested the Chairperson of the Committee to make confirmations on pending bills. Could we also get pending bills owed to the youth, women and persons with disability because there is a 30 per cent that is supposed to be allocated to them? If the total pending bill is Kshs37 billion, one could simply do 30 per cent of that and say women, the youth and persons with disability, are owed Kshs1 billion. This would not be very difficult for the Committee to do because, currently, there is a reporting requirement that counties and all Government entities should do a schedule of all contracts that have been issued to the youth, women and persons with disability. All the Committee will need to do is to get the pending bills that fall within that category, so that we do not have a situation where our youth, women and persons with disability have their property auctioned simply because Government is not paying. Finally, Madam Temporary Speaker, we must also remember that when we made amendments to the Public Procurement and Disposal Act, we made it clear that for these reserve The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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