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    "id": 515802,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ndiema",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1067,
        "legal_name": "Henry Tiole Ndiema",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We, as the Senate, are the protectors of counties. We do so through our oversight function, but without expert audit reports, this function cannot be performed. It is high time that the audit does not become an annual ritual so that it is only done after expenditure. There should be a continuous process of auditing. It should be a performance audit that the Auditor-General audits right from the time that the first batch of the money is released so that they are in touch. There is also need for the Auditor-General to realize that he is now dealing with 48 county governments and not one Government as before. It is necessary that he decentralizes that function and assigns officers to specific counties. Part of the high expenditure in that office is used on paying allowances for officers to travel all the way to the counties to carry out audits. This is very high expenditure. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are also told that some of the reasons the Auditor-General is not performing is because some officers deliberately do not provide the documents or information. It is high time we looked at it to see to it that if there is any officer who fails to provide information then we must be---"
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