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    "id": 1088930,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mbadi",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, first of all, I am a bit disturbed with the argument by the Member of Parliament for Kikuyu, both of us being accountants. When you talk of a reputable audit firm, why do we want to believe that the Auditor General is more reputable than a private audit firm? I do not understand that. Secondly, if the Government has already signed a contract for the development of a project and that contract includes the cost, I do not see why we should be bothered if the Government is not putting any money for the construction of that project and the money is coming from a private individual. Why would we be bothered with accounting for that money within? It is the duty of the party which is providing the money to ensure that the money is well spent so long as the project, itself, is delivered to us. We had already agreed on the price so, how will this change? The change which Hon. Moses Wetangula was referring to is where around 10 years ago, we wanted to spend so much on this project and there was an agreement, now 10 years later it is three times. Where you have agreed on the cost, I do not see why we should involve the Auditor General who is so busy with looking at how our public funds are spent. The argument that anything the public is paying for should involve the Auditor-General is not true. The public is paying for Safaricom but we do not send the Auditor-General to audit Safaricom just because the Kenyan public buys credit from Safaricom. I do not see why there is a problem with this amendment. I support it. 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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