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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugii",
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
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    "content": "Thank you Temporary Deputy Speaker. I hope you will give me some more time. I am happy with the clarifications that the Chair of the Committee on Public Accounts has given to us. The reason why I am happy with that is because I think even in the preamble of this particular Report, we see the provisions of Article 226 of the Constitution which intend to hold public officers accountable. If you see the first general observation of the Committee Report, it is in parts. One of the observations was failure by the accounting officers to act in time when dealing with the Auditor-General. I think that is what English defines as impunity. You cannot have accounting officers who know that there is a Constitutional mandate in terms of preparing an audit report and then, they do not comply with the particular provision of the Constitution. I really think that - like the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee has said - there ought to be specific recommendations with regard to accounting officers who shall not then deliver their mandate. The second thing I would like to raise and highlight on the Report is the unsatisfactory performance by the CID. You appreciate that there is not much that can be done in any criminal case if at all the prosecution or the investigation work is not properly done. I think it will be in order to request or support the enhancement of the capacity of Director of Public Prosecutions. That office should be given more thought. If at all the public is going to lose money and the investigations are going to be improper, we will be going round in circles. The Kenyan public will be losing money time and time again. Therefore, there is need to strengthen our investigations in terms of criminal prosecutions so that, at least, the accounting officers who walk away with public money are then brought to book. The other point is the highlight on the unsatisfactory performance of the Attorney-General’s Office. You appreciate that the Government has been losing loads and loads of money in terms of compensation for people who allegedly take the Government to court for the purposes of malicious prosecution. We really need also to strengthen the capacity of Attorney-General’s Office in terms of defending the Government, where issues of criminal investigations with regard to accounting officers have been highlighted."
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