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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. A.B. Duale",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
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    "content": "Number one, I want to read for hon. Ngong’o Article 127(3) of the Constitution. It states: “The Clerk of the Senate shall be the Secretary to the Commission.” Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the Public Finance Management Act is the one that stipulates who becomes an accounting officer. It is not the Constitution which stipulates that. It is very clear and if you went to another person--- I am sure the National Police Service (Amendment) Bill will state who will be the accounting officer. It is coming because I saw an amendment. Therefore, it is the PFM Act that will deal with it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this was basically for the interest of these hon. Members, nothing else. You can imagine if the accounting officer comes from another House and 70 per cent of the budget of the Parliamentary Service Commission is consumed by the larger House of 349 hon. Members. Therefore, what we are trying to do is to create more efficiency within Parliament by giving powers to the Clerk of the National to have some accounting powers."
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