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    "id": 524844,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. ole Ntutu",
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        "legal_name": "Patrick Keturet Ole Ntutu",
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    "content": "When you look at the organisational structure of the Office of the Auditor- General, one appreciates that it has not been up-to-date. It does not have professionals who are capable of doing the job efficiently. That is the cause of the problem that we have. I am not quite sure whether we need the Audit Advisory Board. As a country, we have been complaining that we do not need very many boards. We need an efficient and effective Office of the Auditor-General. Establishing more offices within the Office of the Auditor-General would be creating more levels of bureaucracy – which may not help us. After all, we do not have the money to pay the people who will be serving in so many boards. As a country, we need to look at the number of the boards that we have. Having too many boards will not help this country prosper. We will be doing a lot of work on this Bill during the Committee Stage. We will give our input to it and see if we can get rid of some the provisions that may not help us. All I want to say about this Bill is that it is a big improvement on the existing Act and, more so, because it seeks to give the Office of the Auditor-General teeth to bite. As it is, the Office of the Auditor-General does not help much. The other day, I was shocked by the response of the Auditor-General when the Senate called upon his office to go and carry out an audit of the accounts of Narok County. The Auditor-General told the Senate that they did not have the capacity and resources required for them to carry out the audits. As a Member of Parliament, I was really shocked by that response. That is because those are the independent offices that we are running in this country. We are wondering why the auditors cannot carry out audits in order to establish the fact that public resources are being managed. When the Auditor-General says that he does not have the resources necessary to carry out audits, where should the citizens go for recourse? That is a very important office which we, as Members of Parliament, need to support, so that we can help this country to move on. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill."
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