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    "id": 935855,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/935855/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, CCU",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Mboni",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "David Mwalika Mboni",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this Bill. First, we should not shy away from creating institutions which will help the people of this country. Countries like Italy, where there are very strong institutions, change governments three times in a year, but the country is still moving. We should not shy away from creating an institution which will help Kenyans. This amendment Bill tries to check the powers of buyers. Those powers emanate from delays in payments. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is very serious and you know it. Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have closed down. People have died from stress after supplying goods and they are never paid. The buyer power does not only belong to the private sector. It also belongs to the Government. The Government alone is the biggest abuser of buyer power. County governments, the national Government and even Members of Parliament (MPs) have pending bills with the Government. This Bill tries to check that. We have cases whereby contracts have been terminated. You are threatened that your contract will be terminated simply because that person or institution has monopoly over the product you are supplying. This Bill tries to address that. I do not know why people fear giving authority to the Competition Authority of Kenya. Initially, it used to be called the Monopoly Department in the National Treasury. We should give power to this authority to monitor the activities and ensure compliance by imposing reporting and prudent requirements between the buyer and the seller so that, that person cannot just wake up and terminate somebody’s contract. That person cannot just decide not to pay and delay The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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