{"id":966631,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/966631/?format=json","text_counter":130,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":13156,"legal_name":"Mutula Kilonzo Jnr","slug":"mutula-kilonzo-jnr"},"content":"Section 157(9) introduces a very interesting term. The contractors should know that there is a new term called ‘citizen contractor’. Who is a citizen contractor? The proponents of this Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 13 of 2018) are introducing issues that cannot be in a Bill like this one. Section 157(9)(B) states that: A procuring entity shall pay directly for the supply of goods, services or works to the citizen contractors under subsection (9). I have just highlighted that a local contractor is supposed to be paid within ninety days. A citizen contractor is supposed to be paid promptly and immediately. It is mischievous to introduce two terms of people. One is a citizen contractor and the other one is a local contractor."}