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    "id": 605685,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ethuro",
    "speaker_title": "The Speaker",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 158,
        "legal_name": "Ekwee David Ethuro",
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    "content": " Sen. G.G Kariuki, I am a bit constrained to respond to you on that one. The Chair of the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) has on two occasions sought my ruling that they have done a lot of work on the Auditor-General’s report but the governors have gone to court preventing the Committee from proceeding with that assignment. So, it is not the Senate. The Senate has been very alert and very desirous. Before then, the other one was where the timelines of the submissions of the audited accounts were being exceeded and the Chair of CPAIC wanted direction and what to do under those circumstances. The reports are not coming for all the reasons; you know that the office of the Auditor-General has not been given sufficient resources. I think that should be put into consideration in your submission. If you look at the petition from Mandera County, I am actually very impressed. As the rest of you have said, I think Kenyans seems to know the obligations of State institutions, governors, which functions have been devolved and the ones that are still a national function. That is the basis on which they are raising these petitions. I want to encourage Kenyans that this is the path to pursue. Hon. Members, pursuant to Standing Order No. 227(1), the petition should be committed to the relevant Standing Committee; that is, the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget. According to the Standing Order No. 227(2), the Committee has not more that 60 days to submit the report to the petitioner and lay the same on the Table of the Senate."
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