{"id":347177,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/347177/?format=json","text_counter":413,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Ogindo","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":120,"legal_name":"Martin Otieno Ogindo","slug":"martin-ogindo"},"content":"Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to support the Motion. It is important that even as Parliament does the oversight role, let the watchdog also be watched. This will go a long way in instilling public confidence in the manner in which this institution carries out its business. This is unprecedented and will go a long way, particularly at this point when we are going to have the county governments. We are going to have county assemblies. We want to create a precedence of having auditors even at the county level auditing the county assemblies, which will oversight the county governments. This is a positive departure from the past. It will go a long way in ensuring that this country becomes more and more transparent in its utilisation of public resources. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is good practice. I want to believe that due diligence was done in coming up with this firm. I want to trust that the audit firm will"}