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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. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was decrying the late arrival of this Bill before this House and the misrepresentation that was out there that this Bill has been delayed by this House. We want to make it clear, for the record, that it is not true that this Bill has been here. The Bill has just arrived. This is the kind of pressure that we can avoid. We want to implore, going forward, that our partners in the legislative process will do their work early and be truthful. The information that was out there that this House had delayed in making progress on this Bill was distorted. For the record, this Bill has just arrived now. As I have said, this Bill generally replaces the Public Audit Bill, 2003. It is required by the Constitution that five years after 2010, there would be a new legislation regarding public audit. The long title of the Bill, since I do not intend to go to every other clause, describes this as an Act of Parliament to provide for the functions and powers of the Office of the Auditor-General in accordance with the Constitution and connected purposes. As I have said, this is an important Bill because it is about the audit of public money. The guiding principles and values that will henceforth govern the auditing of public finances are the national values found in Article 10 of the Constitution, the principle of equality; non-discrimination as provided for in Article 27 of the Constitution, provisions on responsible leadership in Article 73 of the Constitution; principles on Leadership and Integrity in Article 75 of the Constitution; principles of public finance in Article 201 of the Constitution and the principles and values of public service in Article 232 of the Constitution. This Bill principally establishes the Office of the Auditor-General of the Republic of Kenya. In Section 3, the Office is established as a body corporate with its own legal 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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