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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Paul Nzengu (",
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    "content": "Mwingi North, WDM): Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to make my contribution on the Report that has been brought to the House by the Public Accounts Committee. At the outset, I congratulate the team for work well done. I also want to congratulate Hon. Tindi Mwale for the nice presentation and the Committee for the work well done, bearing in mind his predecessor, or Hon. Chairman, my friend Hon. John Mbadi, was elevated to the position of the Cabinet Secretary. The Committee did good work to appoint an auditor to audit the Auditor-General. As many Members have said, over a period of time, this team has operated like people who are above the law. They are the people who point out the mistakes others have done, yet no one tells them the mistakes they have done. For example, when they go to the constituencies, they punch holes on what has been done in constituencies and try to incriminate Members of Parliament as though Members of Parliament are part of the committee. We are not members of the committee that implements projects in the constituencies. There is an established office of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Committee (NG-CDFC), but because of malice or whatever reason, we end up hearing that the Member of Parliament of a certain constituency has misappropriated funds. How can we misappropriate funds that we do not even have a say over and are not an Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) holder, a signatory of any account or even a member of the committee? I appreciate the work that has been carried out by that Committee on the appointment of M/s PKF Kenya LLP. Like other Members have said, when we only have two competitors, we do not know whether the threshold for professional requirements for appointment of such a level of professionals has been met. However, when a tender is floated and only a few people apply, then it is the right of those who have applied, whether one or two, to be awarded it as long as they meet the minimum criteria. I appreciate that M/s PKF Kenya LLP has been appointed to carry out that duty or assignment and it is not an easy one because you are dealing with professionals and people that have been in that business for a long time and have perfected the skills. Sometimes when people are being audited and you try to unearth, they even try to hide certain information. I know it is not going to be a walk in the park, but I hope and believe that the Committee found them to be beyond reproach and capable of doing the activity or assignment that has been assigned to them. With those few remarks, I support. Thank you."
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