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    "id": 1095374,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on procurement of external audit services for the Office of the Auditor-General for the Financial Years 2018/2019 and 2019/2020, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 5th August 2021, and pursuant to the provisions of Article 226(4) of the Constitution and section 43 of the Public Audit Act (No. 35 of 2015), approves the appointment of M/s. Ronalds Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) to audit the accounts of the Office of the Auditor-General for the Financial Years 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. Hon. Speaker, in moving this Motion, I wish to thank my Committee Members led by the Vice Chair Hon. Jessica Mbalu for the immense contribution they have put in to make this Report a reality. Article 226 (4) of the Constitution of course provides that the National Assembly is required from time to time to appoint a professionally qualified accountant to audit the financial statements of the Office of the Auditor General. It should be remembered that this is the second of such an appointment that we are asking this House to make. The first appointment that this House made was in respect of the PKF Kenya Limited which was procured to audit financial statements of the Office of the Auditor General for the Financial Years 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018. This time round we are simply asking this House to approve the appointment of this other firm M/s Ronalds Limited to undertake the audit of the statements for just two Financial Years 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. The Committee received a report and indeed evidence from none other than the Clerk of the National Assembly which evidence entailed the process that was undertaken by the Procurement Department of the National Assembly to procure these services. The Committee was satisfied with the manner in which the procurement process was undertaken. It was indeed satisfied that it was above board and fulfilled the requirements of not only the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act 2015, but also the Constitution. Therefore, the Committee is confident enough that this House could be doing the right thing, if indeed, in its wisdom proceeds to approve the appointment of this firm."
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