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    "id": 25152,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Okemo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 198,
        "legal_name": "Chrysanthus Barnabas Okemo",
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    "content": "THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade on the approval for appointment of Mr. Edward R. Ouko as the Auditor General, laid on the Table of the House on Thursday, 25th August, 2011. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 23rd August, 2011, in a Communication from the Chair, the Speaker informed the House that he had received communication from His Excellency the President that, after consultation with the Right hon. Prime Minister, he had given the nomination of Mr. Edward R. Ouko to be considered for appointment as the Auditor-General. On the following day, the 24th of August, Mr. Edward R. Ouko appeared before our Committee and we had an oral interview with him. In accordance with the provisions of Article 229 of the Constitution, Clause 1 states that there shall be an Auditor-General who shall be nominated by the President and, with the approval of the National Assembly, appointed by the President. Article 229, Clause 2, specifies that to be qualified to be the Auditor-General, a person shall have extensive knowledge of public finance or at least 10 years experience in auditing or public finance management. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will summarize by saying that we found the candidate qualified and he met all the criteria as specified in the Constitution and he was fully qualified to act as the Auditor-General of Kenya. Therefore, the committee recommends that Mr. Edward R. Ouko be appointed Auditor-General of the Republic of Kenya. I just want to take this opportunity to thank the Members of my Committee who spent a lot of time and we actually went through this at very short notice. I would like to recommend, therefore, that the House approves the appointment."
}