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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Midiwo",
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    "content": "Let me begin by saying that last year, we struggled. I made an amendment to the Budget to give the Office of the Auditor-General money so that we can have proper oversight of the new governments - the other 47 governments across our country. This House opposed that amendment but the result is what we are crying about now. Had we facilitated the Office of the Auditor-General, there would be no cry of corruption in the counties. We have just seen the Governor of Embu being kicked out because of some perceived corruption. He was never taken through the EACC or report before any House but he was kicked out. That is because we, as Parliament, have refused to put money in structures to audit the Government, particularly the Office of the Controller of Budget and the Office of the Auditor-General. Until we do that, I can tell you that this noise will not subside. We must do it and I want to plead with the Budget and Appropriations Committee to help because I think it will help the Executive. It is true and factual that the Jubilee Government has super majority in this House, and the Budget and Appropriations Committee has majority on that side. I want to plead with my colleagues; use your majority to help yourselves. Use your majority to help the Executive. Do not be rubber-stamps. No parliament succeeds if it is hell-bent on being a rubber-stamp Parliament. I know I have been heard by the good Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Your focus should be on the Office of the Controller of Budget and the Auditor-General so that, if I go to Siaya County, there is somebody constantly watching over public expenditure. Somebody should be constantly watching. That duty cannot be done from Nairobi. That function cannot be done occasionally. That function must be done permanently, on a daily and hourly basis. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, on funding of the health sector, I want to address this issue because of the crisis in the health sector. Every day now, we are having doctors who are resigning out of frustrations. That is an issue. We have just approved a Motion which we hope we shall discuss next week to try to open a window of consultation between the counties and the national Government to stagger the transfer of health services to the counties. That is because many counties are not ready and our people are dying. I heard of the story of Kirinyaga yesterday. I read the story of Embu. It does not matter which side of the political divide you belong to but, if a Kenyan dies, we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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