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    "content": "county levels. We have seen a lot of reports on people having their property being auctioned because the Government cannot pay them for goods already supplied or contracts already accomplished and concluded. There are multiplier effects which will be triggered by the pending bills along the supplier chain and in the wider economy. There is no doubt that there will be slacken economic growth and development. If the reports coming from the various ministries and Government regarding pending bills are factual, then the settlement of those bills is a matter that must be quickly addressed notwithstanding what the President has said. It is becoming the norm that Supplementary Budgets are substantially geared towards payments of the escalating pending bills. Even Supplementary Budget II, which is currently before this House, has not disappointed in this regard. It has addressed more or less a lot in terms of pending bills. There is no better time than now to criminalise the unnecessary creation of pending bills that are often times created by the delay in settlement of outstanding commitment. There is no justification for county governments and the national Government to accumulate pending bills to the extent that it is denying the economy some financial flows. The moment there is payment to contractors and suppliers, you affect economic growth and development of the country."
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