The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) leader Raila Odinga today on Thursday has announced that CORD will sponsor a bill to ensure suppliers are paid on time as a way of curbing graft.
Raila said that while he was addressing the press at his Capitol Hill office in Nairobi.
The CORD leader noted that the proposed Prompt Payment Bill, 2016, will be sponsored by CORD and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), urging all Members of Parliament to support.
“On 19/10/16 I stated that it had become clear that we cannot wait for help from the government because it is aiding and abetting corruption. More importantly, I said that I shall progressively be engaging Kenyans in self help programmes to rid ourselves of corruption,” said the CORD and ODM leader.
“My first proposal is the “Prompt Payment Bill, 2016″, which ODM shall be sponsoring & which we expect all members to support. This bill COMPELS the government to pay ALL suppliers within 30 days of supply of goods,” he added.
In some of the issues proposed by the bill is that all invoices for the supply of goods and services must be settled within 30 days of submission to the government.
The bill further requires that any questions about an invoice must be raised within the said 30 days and communicated to the supplier in writing before the end of the said period and all such queries must be resolved within 10 days from the date they are raised and communicated to the supplier.
“The Bill, if it becomes law, shall apply to all public authorities that are procuring entities in both the National Government and County Governments,” said Odinga.