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    "id": 1361780,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Olekina",
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        "legal_name": "Ledama Olekina",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I speak here today as a father of two lovely daughters, whom I would like to see grow, become leaders like the way God has blessed me. What I witnessed today is something that negates that dream if we do not stand and be counted. What I have witnessed today is this Senate being reduced to an internal audit. The lawyers presented something that negates the Public Audit Act Section 31, which is clear on the process of audit. Article 228, Section 5 is very clear. It says that the Controller of Budget (COB) shall not authorize any withdrawal of funds from the County Revenue Fund, unless she is satisfied that, that withdrawal is authorized by law. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have been entertained by a charade of just innuendos. There was nothing to prove that. I am a ranking Member of the Senate Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and I know the process. I know what IFMIS is. I know that the PFM Act, Section 103, establishes the County Treasury and it puts in the treasurer of the CECM as the head of that fund. I sat down here and to be honest, when I watched those videos, something came to my mind and I said, you know what, that 1885 Berlin Conference was ill advised. The British should have just left us with our uncouth and uncivilized behaviours. To see an hon. Member, someone who calls himself a hon. Member, walking across the streets of our civilized nation and saying that certain tools should be used to punish a woman, is uncouth and uncivilized, and shame on them!"
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