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"content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Cabinet Secretary, in the previous financial year, there was some money that was allocated and disbursed to the counties but they did not clear pending bills for the contractors. What is your Ministry doing through the Kenya Roads Board to ensure that counties do not start new projects before they pay the pending bills for the work which was done previously? Thank you."
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"content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, with respect to accounting standard and first charge where debt should really be paid ahead of even paying ourselves salaries, what we have done with the securitized Kshs7 we have accrued all the pending bills for every road in Kenya. We will clear those pending bills when we raise that Kshs175 billion. So, the pending bills up to December, 2024 will be addressed without any favour. We paid everybody for the first 40 per cent of the amount we owe. We are paying the next 40 per cent of the balance by end of this month maybe first week of August. What we did in the budgeting before picking on any new project was to make sure we provided funding for at least 1.5 or two certificates for the works for the new certificate that will come so that we do not again accrue pending bills."
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"content": "I agree with the Senator. In terms of prioritization, it will not be right to develop new programmes when we are not paying pending bills. So, we are paying all the pending bills up to December. We provided for funding and liquidity to make sure that we are able to pay for at least one certificate that is accomplished by the contractors. I want to assure this House that we are on top of this and we will try, as much as possible, to minimize accruing pending bills while we are developing new projects. Thank you."
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"content": " Sen. Maanzo did you have a question or it was overtaken by events?"
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, the question I have is a little bit different though it is related to a question he asked much earlier. He was here earlier on and I asked him a question and he promised to see me at his office, but that never happened. I wanted to know what happened to Ukia Emali Road?"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " Hon. CS, that is a genuine concern. You could address it."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
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"content": " Madam Temporary Speaker, when I was coming into the House this morning, the Senator came to receive me and I thought we had agreed on how we were going to sort that out. I will be seeing the Senator hereafter to address it."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
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"content": "I did not hear the first part of the question. Was there a question? You saw me struggling to hear? Sorry."
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"content": "(Sen. Maanzo spoke off record)"
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
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"content": "Thank you. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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