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    "content": "We normally hear that after envelops have been sealed and sent, there are some clerks who are sent to open them at night and reseal them so that they are presented the following day to the press and other people to show them that there was transparency while they had tampered with them the evening before. If such things happen, then the Auditor-General should be empowered to examine the process and find out whether the allegations are true. Even if something appears to be transparent, we need to ask ourselves whether it was really transparent. Therefore, these are very broad powers. We grant powers to the office of the Auditor-General to protect us against fraud, corruption and financial improprieties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, they said that reports will be submitted to Parliament or the relevant county assembly. I think our problem starts there. What does a county assembly do once a report is presented to them? When a report is presented to Parliament, we make recommendations. We recommend that other organs of Government to carry out investigations and do other things. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we were told of a case in Uganda which I would recommend to this country. In Uganda, the Director of Criminal Investigation and Crime Intelligence (CICI) sits in the meetings of the Public Accounts Committee and they listen to him. He makes notes as officers are grilled. Some of them are arrested at the door as they leave the committee room. If we tell the police to start again investigations from the beginning as if nothing happened, that is how criminals will disappear. Therefore, we have to give Parliament and our committees teeth so that a special investigation unit is attached to Parliament to make sure that reports do not gather dust in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) offices or other places. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know that an issue has been raised about audit of security organs."
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