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    "speaker_name": "Wundanyi, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Danson Mwashako",
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    "content": "that if it does not meet the required number we decline at very early stages. The PKF has been auditing the Auditor-General for some time now. Therefore, it looks like we may never change the auditor to the Auditor-General because he will be the only one who will be bidding and maybe one other that may not be as reputable and up to the standard we want. I, therefore, urge the Hon. Chairman and the Mover of this Motion to seek guidance on this matter. In future, let us not bring a report of this nature where we have only one bidder who looks like he is serious and the other one who looks like he is a seconder. Having said that, I also want to add my voice on what my colleagues have said. We expect quality reports from the Auditor-General. When I was doing accounts, we were told that every organization needs to pursue or look forward to getting unqualified auditor’s opinion. All the reports from the Auditor-General that come to this House are qualified. They go to audit counties and bring here advanced opinion of some counties. To some extent, even disclaimer opinions have come to this House. What I am saying is that the Auditor-General also needs to give a report on why in two years, none of the constituencies or counties has ever received an unqualified opinion. Public servants, state officials, leaders and CEOs of parastatals, managing directors, governors and those who run funds like the NG-CDF need to pursue an unqualified auditor’s opinion. However, we receive opinions here that already show that there is a problem in how we manage our financial resources as a country. Therefore, as we get an auditor to audit the Office of the Auditor-General, we are looking forward to the report that will come here. I know PKF has also been getting work from the Auditor-General to do special audits. The PKF has also got jobs for performance audit in some cases. Therefore, we must also investigate the conflict of interest. If PKF should be auditing the Office of the Auditor-General, they should cease to take any job from the Auditor-General so that there is no conflict of interest. I imagine that PKF may give an unqualified opinion because it knows that this is a client and not only a client, but it knows that it will still get more jobs through the same client. We, therefore, need to separate issues here. If we honestly want to get quality reports and get an auditor who will look on the actual happenings in our financial management in parastatals and in Government, then the auditor who audits the Office of the Auditor-General must not be, at the same time, auditing books of parastatals and Government agencies. While auditing the Office of the Auditor- General, they can sit at a table and say, “I will give you an unqualified report because you will continue giving me jobs on this side.”"
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