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    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Allow me to just say a word. I need less than a minute to say something about this Procedural Motion. You will notice the difference is that we are allowing the Chairs of the Audit Committees to take 60 minutes in moving Motions as opposed to reports of other committees, which are being constrained to 20 minutes. The difference is that Audit Committees are required to prepare comprehensive reports for every financial year covering all ministries, departments and State agencies. The PAC is expected to do so. The PIC does for the parastatals. That requires more time. As I conclude, with all due respect to this House, the interest in Audit Committee reports is going down. Previously, whenever there was a report on the Floor of this House from an Audit Committee, there used to be robust debate and Members took their time to read such reports and contribute. I just want to urge that this year, being the most important year in our calendar, as the 12th Parliament, there will be a difference when it comes to debating Audit Committee reports. Hon. Deputy Speaker, with those many remarks, I beg to second."
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