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    "id": 865494,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/865494/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support Sen. Wambua‟s Petition. Pending bills are now the nightmare of every county. It is a terrible drawback on devolution. I want to correct my colleague from Isiolo County. The total amount of pending bills by county governments is a staggering Kshs110 billion and not Kshs900 billion. These are small traders, young women, youths, disabled persons and persons who borrow money from merry-go-rounds, micro-finance institutions (MFIs) and SACCOs in the villages where they are charged shylock interests. At the end of the day, each one of them is under the auction hammer. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the case of Kitui County should bring to the attention of the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and Budget - who does not seem to be here - to go beyond this Petition and call for a meeting between the County Executive Committees (CECs) on Finance, the Minister for Finance, the Controller of Budget and all those involved in the chain of disbursement of funds to counties."
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