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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Musyimi",
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        "legal_name": "Mutava Musyimi",
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    "content": "colleagues to sit in the Mediation Committee. It was not lost on us that those who were appointed were Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The message to us was that we have the institutional memory and we did our best to represent this august House and the concerns of our people. I also wish to thank all the hon. Members for the quality of debate and the depth of contribution. I was highly reflective and at times quite passionate. But we have taken note. We are a new dispensation. There may be mistakes, but they are honest mistakes. I want to assure hon. Members that we are also learning as Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. We have taken note of the advice and we will seek to do a better job next time. I am also glad that there is a sense in which we are beginning to do a bit better with the Senate. I think this is something our people want to see and it is something we should certainly encourage. Let me inform hon. Members in this august House that this morning I spent a long session with the Auditor-General. The Auditor-General as the head of the Kenya National Audit, Mr. Edward Ouko, was tasked with the responsibility of leading a process of a working group of seven persons to help audit the Constitution of this Republic. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am reminded of the words of the former Minister for Justice who was also a colleague in the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, the hon. Eugene Wamalwa. We should be careful to talk about the referendum, having not audited the Constitution that we are implementing. I come from a programme based background. I know the dangers of rushing into major decisions without an audit of the process that you have tasked yourself with. Therefore, I want hon. Members to know that we have seized the responsibility as Members of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. Indeed, I have asked the Auditor-General to come together with the entire working team to meet the Budget and Appropriations Committee through whom they related with the National Assembly on Tuesday, 5th August, 2014, at 10.00 a.m. at County Hall. With those few remarks, I thank you and hon. Members for their contribution. I beg to reply."
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