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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muturi",
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        "legal_name": "Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I forgive him for he knows not what he is saying or if he knows, he does not know that it is wrong. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is just a few months ago that we debated and adopted the Report of the Public Accounts Committee on the accounts of Government for the year 1998/1999. As we discuss this particular Report, we should have a Treasury Memorandum showing that this Government department about which Parliament recommended that this-and-that action be taken has done this-and-that to correct this kind of shortcoming. It is very simple! If you read this Report, the Controller and Auditor-General says: \"Like I pointed out last year---\" or \"Like I pointed out in the year 1997/1998.\" So, indeed, if action had been taken, we would not be seeing those kind of Reports from the Controller and Auditor-General. In fact, the man whose Report forms the basis of these recommendations is none other than the celebrated Mr. D.G. Njoroge, a man who served this country with great distinction. Therefore, he could not have been pointing out these things in vain. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as a House, we need to ask ourselves if really it is not high time that we formed a Committee on Government undertakings and assurances like it happens in other countries so that when the Government--- I do not think that they are going to oppose this Report. When this Report is adopted, within specified periods, that Committee will evaluate what the Government has done regarding that Report instead of us relying on the Executive to tell us that, \"You see, we sacked judges.\" Those kind of perfunctory statements do not serve. Either the Attorney-General should come to this House and tell us whether he has inadequate staff or the Minister of State for Administration and National Security should come here and tell us that he does not have enough police investigators or, indeed, the Attorney-General himself. The Director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) is required by law to present his reports to this House which are merely laid and not debated. Rather than us expecting that the Government will take action, is it not high time that we took the bull by the horns, as a House, and demanded that a Committee of this House, which reports on progress on the assurances and undertakings given by the Government be formed? That means that if a Government Minister stands on the Floor of this House and gives a certain assurance, then that matter will be pursued and a Committee of the House will come back to report. So that we do not see---"
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