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    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to also contribute to the adoption of the Committee Report. We are speaking about an audit firm to be approved to audit the Office of the Auditor- General for several years. This is a very sensitive office. We rely upon the Office of the Auditor-General to know whether Government resources are properly utilised. We know that this House receives a number of reports from all over, having been the work of the Auditor- General. The Member for Wundanyi who has just spoken, Hon. Mwashako, has clearly said that the Budget and Appropriations Committee apportioned up to and including Ksh8 billion or more to this office. This is not little money and, therefore, we expect this office to be doing a very good job. But then we are looking at somebody to actually audit the Auditor-General, or rather, look at the books of the Auditor-General of this Republic. The one who is the key eye of the scrutiny of the books of accounts of different institutions, ministries, departments and agencies, for and on behalf of the Republic. According to the Report, I have not been convinced about the procurement process. There are a few questions that we need to ask ourselves. First of all, we have been presented with one name. I do not know whether that is the constitutional or legal provision, but we should probably have been given three or so names to pick one. Because we are Kenyans and we know these firms, we probably could even have background checks and propose a name that probably could be adopted to audit such an important office. We are talking about competitiveness. Was the procurement process competitive and transparent? Did they adhere to the freedom of choice of this firm? Why do we have one name present at this instance for us to just either choose or drop? If the process was competitive, transparent, and if there was no form of influence, then did it really meet the threshold? Was it above board? PKF Kenya is being proposed to audit the books of accounts of the Auditor-General for the Financial Years 2022/2023, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025; three years. They are also the ones who will audit the mortgage, car loan scheme and the entire business of the Office of the Auditor-General. We know the importance of having a clean audit report. A clean audit report basically stipulates that money has been properly utilised and there is value for money. We have received many reports in this House by the current Auditor-General who is looking for a firm to audit their books. I want to particularly look at the Auditor-General’s report in relation to county governments, and the Auditor-General’s report in relation to NG-CDF and maybe a few other cases. If I may focus specifically on the NG-CDF Report, I am privy to my own constituency’s audited accounts, and I want to be clear that since I became a Member of Parliament, my The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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