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    "id": 549723,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Public Audit Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 38 of 2014) be read a second time. This is one of the three Bills that are required by the Constitution of Kenya to be enacted by both Houses of Parliament, latest 27th May, 2015, after an extension of an earlier deadline was given sometime last year. This Bill is very important. It touches on public finances and how those finances are audited for purposes of ensuring that there is accountability and effective use of the money that tax payers generate in this country. It is meant to replace the Public Audit Act of 2003. Allow me at the outset, first and foremost, to decry the late arrival of this Bill to this House. This Bill could not have come here earlier for the reason that it had to originate from the National Assembly and it is only now that this Bill is before us, having arrived two weeks ago. Senators may recall that some two to three months ago, there was some purported chiding of this House by the Speaker of the National Assembly where he was reported to have said that the Senate has refused to enact a number of Bills including this one. I want to assume that--- The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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