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    "id": 13089,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/13089/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Dr. Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Secondly, Mr. Mwiraria said it was wrong to give that monopoly for ten years, instead of the stipulated five years renewable period. When we became seized of this matter as the PAC, we raised the matter and demanded for a special audit by the Controller and Auditor-General. The reason for that is that when Mr. Mwiraria cancelled the contract, in 2005, he floated an open tender which the same company won at US$51 million. The new Minister then, Mr. Kimunya, went on and cancelled that new contract which that company had won and asked them to revert to the old one, which was costing the taxpayer US$130 million. We were then forced to ask for a special audit and, more importantly, because at that time the Government had paid a deposit of US$25 million. So, we asked for that audit because we wanted to know the fate of the US$25 million. The matter has since gone to “sleep” but, in the meantime, the Controller and Auditor- General wrote to us saying that he was not going to do a special audit citing the Banking Act which, for your information and as you know, is inferior to the Constitution of Kenya that demands that the Auditor-General must audit all public funds. That is the background."
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