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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "But just to mention so that hon. Members can also take note of that. Hon. Speaker, as I was saying, in terms of the 30 per cent that goes into wastages of corruption, the only good way of prevention of corruption is through the Auditor- General who should produce timely reports. Many a times the Auditor-General has said that he has a shortage of manpower. This is to request this honourable House that in terms of allocation to the Auditor- General, we should be able to allocate enough funds so that the Auditor-General has enough staff. We have cases of corruption in counties. When we raise this issue with the Auditor- General he says he does not have enough manpower to deploy to these counties. An example is Narok County where things came to a standstill. The Auditor-General says that the report will come out, maybe, in two weeks’ time because of staff shortage. Given that there is devolution and the fact that we have so many counties, when it comes to budgeting, we should allocate enough funds to this office of the Auditor General so that we look at issues of corruption and save this country the 30 percent wastages which comprise money that goes into corruption. Hon. Speaker, the Auditor-General is supposed to be independent. We have a provision for an advisory board. When you look at its functions and roles, it renders the Auditor-General not to be independent. I do not know on what note the Committee decided to bring in the issue of an advisory board. This beats the logic of this Auditor- General to become independent. It is, again, my humble request that when this Bill gets to the Committee of the whole House we should look at the merits and demerits of this matter. Do we really need this advisory board? Many hon. Members who contributed earlier agree with me that this will render this body not to be independent. There was also the issue of setting up of offices. We had indicated that it will be good for the Auditor-General to have presence in every county; that is, to devolve and have a functional office in every county. Thank you, hon. Speaker and I support."
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