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    "content": "distinguished Senator, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., in his submissions to the Bill, will bring it out. This clause is completely unconstitutional. You cannot start segmenting and shielding anybody from public accountability. This clause has to go. Moving to Clause 48, it is part of what I have already said about what to do with final audit reports. They must be dealt with quickly and expeditiously to give meaning to the use of those reports for purposes of sharing revenues between the national Government and the county governments. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the overall, this Bill comes at a time when we are almost at the tail end of the implementation of the Constitution. We, as a Senate, must put it on record that the perceptions being created by our detractors, that the Senate is not working hard enough is false and wrong. A Bill that should have been passed in the last five years has waited until a month to the end of time, to sunset, and then it is brought here. The danger with this is that, a Bill like this will be quickly rushed because we are beating deadlines. At the end of the day, clauses such as the ones that I have pointed out can easily sneak through without proper scrutiny. As you heard from the protests by Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., the Committee has not brought any report or conducted any public hearings. Debates in the House are always informed, guided and assisted by reports from Committees that have better time to scrutinize, analyze and give informed opinions, including the possibility of hiring experts to assist. Plenary here cannot bring in experts. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I like Part 7 of the Bill which obligates auditors to a code of conduct. We certainly want audits to be carried out within certain ethical behavior, like yours as a medical doctor. You, as doctor, normally subscribe to what is called the oath of hypocrisy which doctors----"
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