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    "id": 560161,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/560161/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Report and congratulate the Committee for the work well done. It is historic that 72 corporations have been covered. In many other jurisdictions, State corporations play a very critical role as far employment of any country is concerned and as far as the GDP is concerned. This country can only achieve Vision 2030 if all the parastatals play their critical role. A lot has been said but I want to talk about the issue of the Auditor-General. The Auditor- General, as outlined in the Constitution, is supposed to be an independent body. If you go to some parastatals, you will find that the auditor could not access some of the public documents. This violates the Public Audit Acts of 2003. So, it becomes very hard for an auditor to evaluate and audit accounts so that he can advise and give a clean bill of health. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is, indeed, important that these parastatals should give out the information and financial statements to the Auditor-General for purposes of accountability. You will find some parastatals do not have an assets register. How do you go to a parastatal and the asset register is not there, or if it is there, it is outdated? Some of the surprising things when we went around looking at these State corporations are that some of them have land and yet they do not have title deeds. There were scandals, for example, the scandal with the Kenya Aviation Authority. From the records we saw, there were issues with the KCAA with regard to Weston Hotel on Langata Road. The land changed hands to another person then to another person. So, corruption is rampant in many State corporations. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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