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    "id": 863069,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/863069/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "One of the biggest problems is that of pending bills. If you look critically at the issues raised in this Report concerning pending bills, you will find that they have become a very good avenue. How? Once a Ministry, department or commission accumulates pending bills, and this is done basically towards the end of a financial year, immediately a financial year comes to an end, the pending bills are rolled over to the next financial year because, in most cases, they are treated as the first charge and you will find that they are settled without giving ample time or room to scrutinise them. Therefore, if there were malpractices or irregularities in the manner in which the pending bills were incurred, you will have no opportunity to stop their settlement. So, this is a very big issue that needs to be addressed by this House."
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