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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to conclude by responding again to the concerns by Sen. Olekina. Sen. Olekina is worried about it being a committee of morticians but we have an opportunity. Whoever becomes the Chairperson, even if it is Sen. Okiya Omtatah, they should not waste time because we want to deal with current issues like Sen. Olekina said. We should not waste time waiting for the Auditor-General’s reports that are five years old. We should take the route of special audits. As the Chairman of the Committee, once Members support you, when there is a particular issue, you should request for a special audit and ask the Auditor-General to come. They will audit the use of the funds and give a report that you can use to pin them down. One of the best Auditor-Generals that we have had in this country was Mr. Edward Ouko. He is now enjoying his retirement. I would call him and he would come and give us a special audit report. It is only special audit reports that can help us to scare governors, so that they do not think that they have an opportunity to loot. Let me tell you this, Sen. Osotsi. I am waiting for you. There are two reasons why most Senators want to leave this great House to go and vie for the position of governor and I was one of them. First, you are so angry because you can see people looting in black and white. You want to go back and stop it and correct things. The second reason is because you find that stealing is so attractive and you want to go and join the gravy train. We should make stealing to be shameful such that no Senator would want to go there for the reason of looting. If you think that I am lying, we have now gone through a full circle of devolution, which is 10 years. Do we have any governor who served either one or two terms that is celebrated by the public? There is none. There is something wrong. We should make the position of governor to be good that one day, a governor will be celebrated in this country, the way this country celebrates Hon. Mwai Kibaki. Madam Temporary Speaker, I support."
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