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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank you for that good answer to my concerns. But noting that the Kenya National Audit Office (KENAO) is practically the expert arm of Parliament that enables us to do accurate oversight, I have further taken action and held a meeting with the Auditor-General. He has confirmed that the main reason he is unable to beat this deadline is because of insufficient funding. What are you doing as the Speaker of the Senate specifically, given that unless you have audited accounts, then this Senate cannot oversight the devolved governments? What are you doing given the expanded role of Parliament of participating in budget making, to ensure that the Auditor-General is sufficiently funded? Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second clarification is on the matter of the Public Audit Bill. This Bill concerns counties and you know very well that this particular Bill has been ongoing in the National Assembly. In view of the fact that we know it concerns counties, what proactive action have you taken to ensure that we do not again come here to start crying that we are being bypassed and resort to going to court. What proactive action are you taking to ensure that Speaker Muturi does not breach the Constitution in so far as this Bill is concerned? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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