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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Thank you so much hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am happy that this time round you have decided to start with me. The practice has been that you have been starting with senior Members then you go to the junior ones. I do not know whether there is such a thing in the House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 40 be deleted and replaced with the following new clause— 40. (1) In auditing national security organs, the Auditor- General and his or her representatives shall hold an inception meeting at the highest level to agree on the areas which may touch on national security and consequently determine the scope of the audit coverage. (2) The audit reports on national security organs may be redacted to shield the identities of persons as well as assets and liabilities as the case may be. (3) All staff of the Office of the Auditor-General carrying out audit under this section shall undergo a vetting process carried out by the appropriate security agency. I am proposing that we delete what appears as Clause 40 in the Bill and replace the text I propose, so that when the Auditor-General is auditing national security organs, there is a way in which it is orderly and it does not undermine the security organs and their work. As you would imagine, what is in the current Clause 40 almost blocks the Auditor-General from auditing these organs. All I am proposing is to ensure that as we audit these security organs, there are checks and balances that still allow room, or give enough room, for the office of the Auditor-General to be able to fully, effectively and in a manner that is professional to audit the security organs. It is why I am proposing that in auditing these organs the Auditor-General and his representatives should hold inseparable meetings at the highest level to agree on the areas which may touch on national security and consequently determine the scope of the audit coverage."
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