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    "id": 862583,
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    "speaker_name": "Kimilili, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Didmus Barasa",
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        "legal_name": "Didmus Wekesa Barasa Mutua",
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    "content": "any contract that the President or any other person will sign on behalf of the Government or even the Cabinet Secretaries must also go through similar procedures. Even as we approve this Bill, I hope that the Attorney-General and the county attorneys are going to be much more efficient in terms of not sitting on the contracts. I believe that they need some time to review the contracts before they sign, but they cannot take a year, a month or weeks. For them to complement this law, they should be much more efficient not to sit on such contracts once they are taken to their offices for validation, going through and subsequent signing. This is because at times good laws are frustrated by bureaucracies which are unnecessary. When we get to the Committee of the whole House, we will be providing all the nitty gritties to ensure that this Bill is better than it is now. The amount of money that county governments have lost because of poorly or non- negotiated contracts cannot be under-estimated. I am happy that this Bill does not just talk of the national Government alone, but also talks about the county governments. The county governments are also going to ensure that they keep their county attorneys busy. Instead of just drinking tea, this time they will have a number of contracts that they will be going through to ensure that what the county governments will be signing is in line with this law. Just like my friend has said, the better part of this Bill is that it proposes penalties on those who will default and commit this country into contracts that are poorly negotiated that, at the end of the day, will make the public lose a lot of money like it has been happening. While doing such things, they will be aware that there is a penalty that awaits them. With those remarks, I beg to support this Bill."
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