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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Wetangula",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Masika Wetangula",
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    "content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity. This afternoon goes down in history as one of the saddest days in the history of democracy in this country under the new Constitution. The Auditor-General is a servant of Parliament. He works for Parliament, reports to it and helps it to oversight the Executive. Regardless of which side we sit, we have a duty to oversight the Executive. In one afternoon, in a hurriedly convened sitting, we have just destroyed the Office of the Auditor-General, by taking away the Auditor- General’s independence and ability to recruit staff to help him oversight the Government. We have just handed over to the Public Service Commission to do what they do best; recruit mediocre staff and hand them over to the Auditor-General. We know that part of the militating factors for this is to create an environment to whitewash Eurobond and other matters that we are talking about in this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Senate is on the forefront of demanding for accountability even in the counties. How shall we be demanding the Auditor-General to audit counties that we are talking about when we are destroying his office? I wish to go on record that we have just passed an unconstitutional Bill. We will meet in court, the same way we did with the security Bill. At least, there is an authority above this Senate that will not be summoned to State House for a sumptuous lunch and be told to get here and open our mouths louder than crocodiles to vote in a manner least expected of very decent Members of this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to put this on record."
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