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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": " Temporary Speaker, Sir, I went through the Question. However, you have to understand your mandate, limit and powers. I looked through the question and concluded that the constitutional and the legal responsibility is with the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), which is supposed to do this. I, therefore, sought the information from them. I wrote to the Attorney-General and to the EACC, to provide the information. The EACC wrote back to me. I am sorry I had not attached this letter, which I have from the Commission. Probably with your permission, it can be tabled. The letter is dated 31st July, 2023 because I did not have the capacity as a Ministry to undertake the audit. The EACC says it has not received any report on corruption or economic crimes touching on senior officers of the TSC to enable it to invoke this particular mandate to undertake the life style audit. They are the ones who are empowered to do that. They also say the question has not stated why we exactly want to undertake such a life style audit concerning senior officers from the TSC. They say that they do not have sufficient reasons to commence investigations on unexplained assets involving officers of the Commission. As I said, if you look at our mandate and roles of our Ministry. conducting lifestyle audit is something that we do not have the capacity to do. That is the answer we got from the body, which is mandated to do that. I think that answers the questions. I submit. In case the letter is required for record, I can have it submitted."
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