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    "id": 900417,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I think we need to discuss this more, with your permission. What Hon. T.J. raised in Article 114 is important. Parliament cannot wait for the National Treasury. We do not work at their whims. They were given an opportunity, they could not make it and then the Speaker made a ruling. That is why it is even on the Order Paper, after Article 114 of the Constitution. Whatever letter Hon. Ichung’wah is reading is not even physical. He is reading it on his phone and it has not been received. No, that is your phone. If it is here on the machine, fine. I agree with Hon. Kuria. When the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) appeared before us in the leadership retreat, they said the payment period by the Government is estimated to be once in 24 months, but the payment period by the private sector is estimated to be within 60 to 180 days. These are the standards. It cannot be 30 days. So, we ask Hon. Kuria to move it in an amended form so that we take care of everybody at 90 days, not even 60 days. At 90 days we are very comfortable. The problem we are facing in this country is not even the procuring entity, it is the Exchequer. Today, if a contractor has done a job with, for example, Kenya Pipeline Corporation, Kenya Power or National Irrigation Board, the invoice will be there, all the processes have been done but they wait for close to one year for the National Treasury to release money. So we are punishing a procuring entity. I think we should deal with the National Treasury. Even county governments, I think what they receive daily is recurrent expenditure. Sometimes they do not even receive money for development. So how do they pay a contractor if they do not have money? As a legislature, we would agree with Hon. Kuria to peg it at 90 days so that after those days interest can accrue."
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