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    "id": 534045,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I have heard how the debate is going on and I request the hon. Members to reconsider this amendment. I want this House to consider an instance where the Auditor-General has been suspended in accordance with the Constitution. For how long can it be? It can take long. What happens during his suspension? Secondly, where the appointment of a person as Auditor-General is pending, what happens? We have Kenyans who always go to court to challenge anything. As we speak, the recruitment of police officers is pending because somebody went to court and challenged it. We do not know for how long it will be pending. It is good to make this law with information. I am only asking the House to consider the eventuality that somebody challenges this matter in court and it takes time. Do we stay without somebody in that capacity for that time? Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, what if the Auditor-General, for any reason, is unable to perform the functions of his or her office? Somebody can get sick. Do we stay without somebody acting in that office? I have given you the circumstances in which such a thing can occur. We should be creative when we are making this law and anticipate all circumstances. I oppose the amendment."
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