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    "id": 1378628,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Suba South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Caroli Omondi",
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    "content": "where people have a lot of problems with what we call ‘take’ or ‘pay’ principle or availability charge. These are normal commercial terms that are supposed to incentivize the parties to be timely in the execution of the projects that are underlying in their contracts. If I have built a power plant, made it available and you are not off-taking my power and yet I have a capital investment, you pay for that. That is why it is separated from energy charge. Let me also talk about the issue of strengthening the office of the Auditor-General. We really need to do this. I hope the Report has made some very serious recommendations on how to empower the Office of the Auditor-General with modern tools. In audit, the most effective tool is the ability to trace the money. I hope in that Report, if it is not there, they will think of how to empower the Office of the Auditor-General, not necessarily by adding additional staff but by Information Technology (IT) – tools that will enable it to trace the movement of money. You will clearly get a lot of information, and further, empower the Auditor-General by ensuring that the legal framework gives him or her the right to access to information anywhere, including the private sector and not just the public sector. I hope there are some recommendations in that regard. While I support the Report, I am a little surprised because I expected some heavy scandals to be exposed, but I have only heard of Ksh6 million and Ksh300 million. I thought there would be more scandals, but I have not seen them in the Report. I hope there are some heavy-hitting scandals that we can talk about. With those few remarks, I support the Report. I acknowledge the good work that has been done by my good brother, the Chairman, and members of the Public Accounts Committee."
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