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    "id": 553038,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am glad that the Deputy Speaker has raised this matter. I would like the House to know that I have pursued this matter with the seriousness that it deserves to this extent. As recently as two weeks ago, I was informed by the Senior Deputy Director at the Kenya National Audit Office (KNAO) that the accounts have been audited. They have come from the counties and are at the Anniversary Towers merely awaiting the Auditor-General to append his signature. He told me that it would not take more than seven days. However, seven days have passed. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you will not be decisive, let it be known that allowing audited accounts to remain unsigned opens up the possibility of the auditees, who have been mentioned adversely, to manipulate those documents. Some of the auditees who have been mentioned adversely include governors. These days, governors control billions of shillings. Some of them have even been cited as possible candidates for investigation on matters of corruption. You cannot leave billions of shillings in the hands of people with that kind of possible history and expect that they will not use the same money to sanitize themselves. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I request that you speak authoritatively. I also request – as I had said earlier this afternoon – that the pending issue with the High Court be unlocked. This is because even if the documents will be tabled here, we will not interrogate those governors. That is all that I have to say for now. However, if I am expected to say more, I will do so at the next sitting of the House. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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