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    "id": 1021245,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Homa Bay CWR, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Gladys Wanga",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report of the Public Investments Committee. Before I left on promotion to chair the Departmental Committee on Finance where you are a very strong member, I served in PIC and I would like to commend our Chairman, Hon. Abdullswamad Sheriff Nassir. And if the diligence with which he serves the PIC is utilised by the people of Mombasa when he becomes the governor then Mombasa will continue to rise. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me state that as Parliament, when we look at these reports of the audit Committee, apart from the recommendations to other institutions to perform certain things, we must also look inwards. What is it that Parliament can do to improve the systems, so that we do not have these audit queries year after year because we are the body charged with legislation? We must look at what legislation we can tighten so that year in, year out, we stop dealing with procurement issues, issues remaining in court and issues of the reports of the audit Committees of this House not being implemented to the later. The first thing I would like to state is that the Office of the Auditor-General is severely under-resourced. When you ask for a special audit which we have done before, for example the issue of the hydrant valves at Kenya Pipeline, the Auditor-General takes so long. By the time the special audit comes, the matter was long overtaken by events. The person had been arrested, charged or they are away. Even if you call them to come and answer questions, they can even refuse to come because it is no longer a matter of priority to them. I think the matter of resourcing the office adequately should be a serious priority for this House, so that the Auditor-General can operate at optimum capacity. 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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