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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir. This is a very sad issue. As a young person, and also as a person who has been involved in business, I understand the pain that the Petitioners are going through. It is really unfortunate that it has come to this, that as a citizen, after doing business with your own Government, you have to resort to all manner of tricks in the book trying to get paid for what is justifiably yours. I have never understood why it is a struggle for genuine contractors and suppliers, people who do honest business with the Government, to get paid. It is no longer a secret that as things are in this country today, if you want to be bankrupt or go down as a business person, try doing business with either county governments or the national Government. You do recall that at the beginning of this term, a similar petition came to us by way of people who had supplied goods and services to various county governments. Then the Controller of Budget, Mrs. Agnes Adhiambo, presented to this House a figure of Kshs99 billion as being the amount of money that counties owe various suppliers. Many of these are just young people trying to eke a living, but the only crime that they have committed is not being well connected within the circles of Government. They do not have big shots who can make a phone call and ask the director of procurement or accounting services to pay them. I know that it normally takes this House 60 days to handle a Petition. However, most of our committees do wait until the 60th day then they hurry to bring a resolution of the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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