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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "of the Committee’s execution of its mandate is annual and specific audit reports prepared by the Auditor-General. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, at the time when these two Reports were prepared, the following were the members of this Committee, and allow me this opportunity to recognize and appreciate the then members of the Public Accounts Committee that prepared these two Reports. They were:- The hon. (Dr.) Bonnie Khalwale, M.P. - Chair; The hon. (Dr.) Julius Kones M.P. - Vice-Chair; The hon. Martha Karua, M.P.; The hon. Daniel Muoki, M.P; The hon. Charles Onyancha, M.P.; the hon. Alex Mwiru, M.P.; The hon. Boaz Kaino, M.P.; The hon. Francis Chachu Ganya, M.P.; the hon. (Dr.) Nuh Nassir Abdi, M.P.; the hon. David Ngugi, M.P. and the hon. Edick Anyanga, M.P. Of course, you will notice that because of the natural attrition that afflicts the political scene, several of these Members are no longer Members of this House. Others have since moved on to do other duties like the hon. (Dr.) Khalwale who is now the Senator for Kakamega County. Hon. (Dr.) Nuh is the Speaker of the County Assembly of Tana River. It will also be noted that the Committee has new membership as approved by this House in May last year. The Standing Orders mandate the membership of a Public Accounts Committee to serve a period of three calendar years. The Committee constituted thereafter, serves for the remainder of the parliamentary term. Having been constituted in June, 2009, the then membership of this Committee that I have just mentioned got the benefit of serving for the remainder of the term of the Tenth Parliament. Therefore, the Committee that prepared this report indeed served as the Public Accounts Committee of the Tenth Parliament for the whole duration of the Tenth Parliament. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speakers, Sir, the Committee noted at that time that it faced a number of challenges in the execution of its mandate and those challenges included failure to raise quorum in time and the inability of some members to be present at sittings till conclusion of business. This was largely owing to the fact that all the Committee Members served in other Committees and had to attend business of those Committees alongside the business of the PAC, which, of course, has direct implication on continuation of membership of any Member in any particular Committee; which is based on regularity of attendance."
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