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    "id": 1010396,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "This afternoon, I just wanted to know the rationale for the amendments. Coming back to what you have said, knowing that you were at some point the Chairman of PIC and I am a member of PAC with Hon. Otiende Amollo, these are two unique Committees. These Committees deal with reports of the Auditor-General and conduct special audits. There is a lot of stuff in this Report. The Auditor-General’s opinion is well documented. He has done a special audit. On the corridors of Parliament, we were wondering why, in the last three weeks, this Report had been taken back and forth. We do not want Parliament to be viewed in bad faith. Hon. Kaluma raised an important matter, and we have been doing that since I joined Parliament. We only recommend to the EACC and the DCI, but we have no powers on the timelines that they can take. Three-quarters of the reports that have been brought to this House have only recommended to the EACC, because we do not have the capacity to investigate. Even if this Report is passed, the EACC and the DCI can bring their reports in the 13th Parliament. Now that these two amendments have been dropped, and Hon. Kaluma made a lot of sense in his last statement; in good faith, the Chairman of PIC can 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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