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    "id": 633735,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/633735/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nabwala",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13116,
        "legal_name": "Catherine Mukiite Nabwala",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to share the sentiments by my colleagues on what they have said about the pending bills. When you look at the schedule, particularly on the Recurrent Expenditure, there is a pending bill for Kshs9.2 billion. What are these recurrent expenditures to have pending bills? I would expect that the Controller of Budget releases money as per schedule, maybe on a monthly basis. So, this trend is very worrying. It could be overdrafts at the bank. At one point, the Controller of Budget was unable to disburse money to counties because some counties had not prepared their budgets on time. So, we need to know the composition of the recurrent expenditure. On the other column for development expenditure, it is because maybe some projects are not completed within that particular period and, therefore, payment has not been made or what is this Kshs28 billion for? If counties are left unchecked, then you will find that these debts will keep rising. By the time governors leave office, they will leave most of counties bankrupt. The committees which has been given the responsibility to investigate this, as Senators from each county, we would like to be given a breakdown of these pending bills. Hon. Senators can follow up the matter with governors and see how best this can be resolved."
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