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    "id": 968069,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, we also have some counties where governors are a bit crafty and they inflate the pending bills so that they can pocket the money. We warned them in no uncertain terms that any such engagement and conduct is criminal. If this House finds that a governor has connived with anybody to create fictitious pending bills or inflate pending bills for purposes of self-gain or gains by his or her cronies; this House will not hesitate to report the matter to the relevant agencies that deal with criminal issues in the country. Since this is a matter that is straightforward, we want to urge the House to agree with the Committee to approve this Report and disallow the Minister’s move laudable as it is. This is a good start but it is not the right decision to take now. As we monitor the situation, we will hopefully in three or four years down the line tune the counties to a level where pending bills will be a historical fact. Lastly, I did tell the Minister that what is good for the goose must be good for the gander. Even as they are now pinning down counties to clear their pending bills, the national Government must also style up. The national Government has pending bills of close to Kshs1 trillion. People have provided goods and services through legal processes but they never get paid. We want to urge the Controller of Budget and the Minister of Finance that the broom that they are using to sweep the counties, must be the same broom they must use to sweep and bruise the national Government so that the levels of financial prudence, probity and proper accountability must run through both levels of government so that the people of Kenya do not suffer. This is because they have gone to banks and taken loans, some borrow money from shylocks, some sell their properties with the hope they will finish the transactions and buy new property but they end up with bankruptcy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second."
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