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    "id": 1180183,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, KUP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
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    "content": "went ahead and allocated himself powers he does not have by seeking your direction to re-direct that PIC Report to a Departmental Committee, which of course you granted. If you look at Standing Order 206, which dictates the functions and mandate of PIC, it is very clear. If you look at Standing Order 216, it gives the powers to the Departmental Committees to deal with day-to-day activities and not particularly a Report generated or emanated from the Auditor-General. That Report goes to the audit committees as this is in our Standing Orders. The only person who has power to say something else outside the Standing Order is yourself, under Standing Order 1. Nobody else, not even the Leader of the Majority Party or the Leader of Minority Party. That cannot be allowed. If it goes on, Hon. Speaker, the Leader of Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party will be deciding this matter today, depending on their interests or whims. They will decide that this one goes to this departmental committee or the other. I am requesting you to rescind that direction, and direct that it goes normally as it is in the Standing Orders. Two, it has come to my notice or to that of the Speaker as well as the Chairman of the PIC on Commercial Affairs and Energy, that there are so many reports by the Auditor-General which are in this Parliament, but have not been tabled. Hon. Speaker, imagine, Financial Years 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 Reports that affect all PIC and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) are already in Parliament, but have not been tabled, including Special Reports. Hon. Speaker, I seek your indulgence in those two issues, so that it allows the PIC on Governance and Education, the PIC on Commercial Affairs and Energy, and PAC to sit down and make work plans. We cannot do it without direction. These committees consider reports from the Auditor-General. Our mandate emanates from there. Without those reports, PAC and PIC committees have no role in this Parliament. I seek your indulgence in the two issues. One, you should direct that the Auditor-General’s reports be tabled. This is normally done by the Leader of Majority Party. All reports should be tabled, so that by the time we go on recess, we can have work to plan."
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