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    "id": 396397,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. G. G. Kariuki",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 330,
        "legal_name": "Godfrey Gitahi Kariuki",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for this opportunity. First of all, I have been listening and have gone through the document which is in front of us. I have seen that among the three teams; the Controller of Budget, our Committee and the Speaker of the Turkana County Assembly, my respect goes to the Speaker of the Turkana County Assembly. This is because he is the only person who raised an alarm. When he reported this case, it was taken casually. It was not taken in a serious manner the way it should have. He reported something that was wrong. However, those who received this alarm took it casually. Our Committee did one thing which was to copy what the Controller of Budget had said. This is a very serious matter. The Committee also assumed that the whole Senate would go with them. I think we must change this attitude. Any Committee that gives a report to this House must have dealt with the report seriously and must know that they are presenting to the appointing authority. We are the appointing authority of these Committees. Therefore, we would like to see proper investigations being conducted. We should have been told that investigations were carried out, probably, as far as identifying the person who altered the figures. However, we are putting the Speaker of Turkana County Assembly in a very serious political situation. This could be used by others. They could say that it was propaganda by the Speaker of the County Assembly because nobody was pinned down and no one was found to be responsible for doing whatever happened. We took for granted that what the Auditor-General had said was okay. Our Committee just took the Report of the Controller of Budget. They did not care. The Controller of Budget knew that the Committee would have no time or would not be interested in the looking at the report and that it would end up at the Senate. I would like to support what hon. Orengo has said. Unless we establish who did what, we cannot pretend that we are doing the right thing. We want to know who did the alterations. We are accusing the office of the governor. What facts do we have that this was done by that office? The office of the governor has people who work for him. He should deny that he did not do this and explain to the county assembly who did it. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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