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    "id": 1082402,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1082402/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, let me first bring to the attention of the House that the Auditor-General, under the Public Audit Act, has no mandate to audit private entities. Let us start from there. I agree with the amendment in 2A. Where public funds are involved, the Auditor-General should come in. Where a single cent of public resources has not been put in, the Auditor-General, under his own Act, will not get involved. The Committee did very well. If the Hon. Member for Kikuyu were to listen to me, the issue he is raising is a situation where somebody builds a project but Kenyans pay for it. For purposes of due diligence, the Committee has stated that a private audit firm of the private company’s choice, be it Deloitte and Touche or any other, can conduct the audit, but with consultation with the National Treasury to protect the interests of Kenyans. If you give an opportunity to Hon. Ngugi he would tell you that as Members of the Public Accounts Committee, Telkom Kenya, in which the Government of Kenya has a share, is audited by a private entity. I think the audit firm is Deloitte and Touche. The Public Accounts Committee, chaired by Hon. Wandayi, has been asking for their certified accounts for the last six months. That is why there is that element of consultation with the National Treasury, so that the National Treasury can come in where an entity has refused to provide those details. Let us not bring in the element of the Auditor-General. The Auditor-General has a mandate under the Public Audit Act and the Constitution."
}