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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyamunga",
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "It is okay. Thank you, hon. Speaker. I stand to support the new Bill. It is very important as a country that if we want to move forward and help the county governments, we should not sit back and wait after so many mistakes have been made, and then run all over and cry foul over the mistakes that have been made. Any institution should be run by a very important and strong audit unit. Kenya is a National Government and, therefore, it is important that the Office of the Auditor- General is strong. If the Office of the Auditor-General is strong, it means that all the activities and important decisions that will be made by the national Government will be based on figures. The actual importance of auditing is the fact that it is meant to verify and certify the figures for any institution and, in this case, the national Government and county governments. The audit is not meant to catch a thief. But in the process of the work of the auditors, they should be able to see where there are anomalies and point them out. For any Government or institution to make decisions, the decisions must be guided by the facts and figures as they are. So, if we have a very strong auditing office, it means that we will get it right from day one. When we had an opportunity as the Committee on Finance to host the Auditor-General, he raised so many issues that are making it difficult for him to perform his duties. One of them is the staff that he has and the fact that his office is not independent. This Bill is going to give independence to the Office of the Auditor-General and, at the same time, it will give the Auditor-General the leeway to hire the right staff. It will not only be hiring the staff, but training them as and when it is necessary. We believe that Kenya is moving at a very high speed and it is a"
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