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    "id": 611775,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/611775/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Anami",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2773,
        "legal_name": "Lisamula Silverse Anami",
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    "content": "We should support this Bill because it will give the Auditor-General independence to initiate work, co-ordinate and sue the persons concerned. In this country we have been talking about impunity and wastage of public funds. We have also been talking about underperformance because everywhere you go, you find stalled projects. These stalled projects represent the wasted opportunities for this country. They are also a representation of stolen opportunities and funds. So, the establishment of this Office is very important because it will save us from more of these malpractices. I would like to comment on management of internal controls in public institutions. At the moment we have very many public institutions – we have 48 governments, including the county governments. Therefore, supervision and management of internal controls in these offices is very important. There is an outcry all over about the usage of public funds. Some of these are just suspicions and fears being expressed by members of the public. We have talked of public participation, but we do not have a clear dimension on where the public comes in, when to have social audit and then forensic audit. The establishment of this Office will enable us to educate Kenyans. It will also enable public servants to deliver on their assignments. We should encourage establishment of the headquarters which is slated to be in Nairobi. However, we also need to categorically state that branch offices will be opened within the counties so that in every county we have an office of the Auditor-General, who will on day-to-day basis follow up with management of public resources. This should not just be on books kept; it should also be on the behavour and conduct of public servants as has been expressed in Chapter 10 of the Constitution. We have the responsibility to uphold the principles of the Constitution. Our Constitution is very clear on how we must behave as public servants. Therefore, I think the work of the Auditor-General should also embrace that concern about the performance of every other public officer. We have a lot of misinformation because people talk about things they do not know. The Auditor- General should take interest in these things and even have a programme within his or her establishment that will follow up with the performance of public servants. This should embrace even concerns that relate to hate speech, misinformation and misguided principles and policies that are applied by the public servants. The Auditor-General should take interest in this because we would like to have a society that is all inclusive by embracing and being benevolent to everyone. This way, national values will be promoted. One area that is interesting in this Bill has to do with the powers provided for the Auditor-General. There is that one of personal initiative. This is where I need to propose the principle of not taking an oath before those that will be audited by the same Office."
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