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    "speaker_name": "Narok North, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Richard ole Kenta",
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        "legal_name": "Richard Moitalel ole Kenta",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the onset, I would like to reiterate my support for the Report. Having gone through the Report, I find it incisive, thorough and factual. The Committee raised some red flags. Those red flags have been there for quite some time. One of them is the issue of pending bills. That is something that has been recurring in every debate that has come to this House for the last one year. It is well known and it is a fact that many SMEs are collapsing in Kenya because of non-payment of bills for services rendered. This cuts across not just in the national Government departments, but even in county governments. People have used their life savings to carry out some works for the benefit of the Kenyan people, but at the end of it all, they are lose and become destitutes. The society has been destroyed by this kind of behaviour of those who receive services, but are not willing to pay for them. There is also the issue of incomplete projects. When a Government, be it the national or county governments, commences projects, the projects are meant to benefit the people of Kenya. When we become a country that begins projects, but does not finish them, that is when we start becoming a failed State. The worst part is that we all know that the projects are started because of benefits the people who control the projects gain or get, such that when a certain percentage is paid, there are hawks or vultures on standby who grab what has been paid. They do not care about the completion of the projects. So, what does it do? Such activities encourage the starting of new projects every day for purposes of gaining benefits through corruption. The President has been trying to do the much he can. Every Kenyan of goodwill must stand firm and support the President in fighting the scourge of corruption. There is also the issue of unbudgeted expenditure. We thought that the era of roadside resolutions by the Executive had come to an end, but our politicians never give up this bad practice. You find that somebody goes to a constituency, for example, and promises a road when it is not budgeted for. What happens at the end of the day? Because of his orders, other projects which were budgeted for are bypassed and fake projects are started. What happens? Parliament allocates money for the good of the people of this country, but the Executive decides to use the money to do other unbudgeted for endeavours. This House should ensure that any money that is used without the approval of Parliament is stopped and no payment is made. I would like to 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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