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    "id": 947295,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wambua",
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        "legal_name": "Enoch Kiio Wambua",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I also stand in support of that Petition. Sometimes early this year, I brought a Petition of business people and contractors from Kitui County on pending bills. You were in the Chair, and you gave very clear instructions and guidelines to the standing Committee on Finance and Budget that this matter should be handled and a report be tabled in this House within 14 days. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President pronounced himself on the issue of pending bills, saying that all the pending bills must be cleared within one month. To date, those bills have not been cleared. The Senator for Bungoma has asked a very legitimate question: What is the worth of the word of the President on a matter like this? If the President and the Senate cannot give instructions on the payment of pending bills, then where will Kenyans go for redress? I hope that through this Petition, this Senate will pronounce itself properly and clearly so that these bills are paid, and we stop the suffering of our people. Every county in this country has millions of shillings running into pending bills. That is money that 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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