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    "id": 537760,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/537760/?format=api",
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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": "(i) inserting the words ―contrary to the Official Secrets Act or any other relevant law‖ immediately after the words ―national security organs‖ appearing in paragraph (e); (ii) deleting paragraph (f) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— ―(f) knowingly and willfully discloses, publishes or publicizes the Auditor-General‘s report or its contents to third parties including the media before the report is finalized and formally submitted to Parliament or county assembly and copied to the audited entity and other authorized offices; or‖; (iii) deleting paragraph (g); Those amendments make it a crime to disclose the information which is under the purview of the provision of the Secrets Act. Under (f), we are simply enhancing that Clause to read instead of just ―disclosing‖, we say ―knowingly and willfully discloses, publishes or publicizes the Auditor- General‘s report or its contents to third parties - including the media - before the report is finalized and formally submitted to Parliament or county assembly and copied to the audited entity and other authorized offices…‖ We seek to enhance it so that if you do it knowingly and you know it has not been finalized, it is an offence. We said we delete (g) because the Committee felt that most of the Auditor-General‘s members of staff are not accounting officers per se . So, we will not foresee a situation where he can direct or approve a decision which can lead to loss of public funds."
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