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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muturi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we adjourned last week, I was making references to the various issues raised in the PAC Report. I was raising the issue identified as evasion of duty and taxes from the Port of Mombasa and various Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that were exempted from paying duties and Value Added Tax (VAT). Examples of these NGOs were given as M/s Womankind and M/s International Children Trust. The NGOs disappeared without trace. Indeed, even the insurance companies, clearing agents and all those involved in issuance of bonds and clearing of goods from the Port of Mombasa have since ceased operations. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee noted that there has been laxity in the enforcement of its recommendations. Just to echo what many other hon. Members said, if you look through these Reports, year in, year out, there is some deafening silence from one particular office. That is the Office of the smiling Attorney-General, Mr. Amos Wako. The man just laughs all over and does very little. In fact, he has done a lot of disservice to this House. Many recommendations from this House addressed to the Office of the Attorney-General, do not seem to receive any attention at all. Therefore, I feel that time has come when this House must express its displeasure with the performance of that office. It should also request that urgent remedial action be taken against the holder of this office. This is because he has shown he is not capable or does not measure up to the job that was given to him by Kenyans. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Committee says that many Ministries do not make payments or settle claims arising from suits filled against the Government. Again, if you read through this Report, blame goes to lack of communication from the Office of the Attorney-General to the various Ministries. In rare cases where the Attorney-General has appeared in court, a judgement entered against the Government in respect to a particular Ministry, his office sits on the results. As is stated in this Report, the Ministries prepare their budgets unaware that judgement had already been entered against them. As a result, year in, year out, the Ministries seem not to make sufficient provisions in their budgets regarding such claims. Some of them, fall in the way of"
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