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    "id": 989040,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/989040/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, you remember early mid-last year, His Excellency the President directed that all pending bills that were owed to suppliers and contractors in the Government be settled. Amongst the issues that we have seen being conversed in the media is the issue of the Kshs40 billion that was reported to have been spent. It is important for Kenyans to understand that among the money budgeted in that figure of Kshs40 billion, it is only about Kshs13 billion that is going towards settlement of pending bills to contractors. Top among them are the suppliers that you saw demonstrating in Nairobi over the Correctional Servicers Department of Prisons and other departments. Hon. Deputy Speaker, there are also tax refunds that will be crucial in cushioning corporations and other businesspeople who are today retrenching workers because of negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope that with this kind of cushioning from the funds that we will appropriate through the Supplementary Appropriation Bill (National Assembly Bill No.9 The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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