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    "id": 1081494,
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    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu",
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    "content": " Very well. Thanks to the Majority Leader. Of course, I can tell the Majority Leader is being moved by the Report of the Public Accounts Committee. Thank you. I know he has gone to school just like me. However, not any other Member can say that they went to school. I can tell you and want to confirm that I went to the University of Nairobi, did my first degree, second degree and master’s degree. That is why I have a lot of passion. I understand these issues and thank you so much the Majority Leader. That is why I always approach the Majority Leader being in the finance sector just like me. I think that is why I liked to be the first Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, why I am speaking about this is because of the passion that we have. On behalf of my Chairman as I reply, Members should note that we are giving a lot of money although there is misappropriation of funds by accounting officers in the public sector. In addition, when we talk about some of the issues raised by the Auditor- General, for example, issues of unaccompanied documents, seriously, this Parliament cannot give money to institutions and they cannot account to us how they have spent it simply because of not availing documents. As far as auditing is concerned, that to me is not acceptable. Most of the issues we are asking as a Committee are why they have not been providing documents of payments like payment vouchers which a mwanamke in Machinery, Kibwezi, Kikuyu, Kinungi, Murang'a, Kisumu, would present even if she is running a kiosk. Yet, we are promoting these officers as if we are in a different 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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