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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Mbadi",
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would not want to challenge your ruling and, of course, I have no capacity to do so. But even as you consider making the ruling on Wednesday next week, it is important to observe and note that what the Minister is referring to as being before PAC are the entire accounts of the Government of Kenya relating to those years. Mine was really specific. I touched on a specific aspect. The reason why I brought this issue is because, if the accounts that are brought before Parliament and approved are materially different from what is presented to the Controller and Auditor-General, that is a concern and a worry to this House, that requires an elaborate Ministerial Statement from the Minister concerned. Mr. Speaker, Sir, even as you consider making that ruling, it should be observed that, probably PAC has not captured that fact because, probably, it is outside the domain within the accounts that are presented to the Committee. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, it is also important to observe that the accounts of 2007/2008 have actually been reported on by PAC. Looking through the Report of PAC, it does not address the issues that I raised. In that case, if those issues are not addressed by the PAC Report and the year has already been scrutinized by PAC, then I think it would be very proper for me as a Member of Parliament, to raise the issues and be addressed specifically by the Minister for Finance. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rest my case."
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