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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "The Committee has attempted, and I use the word “attempted” because the Committee was limited in capacity, just like any other Committee of Parliament. A Committee of Parliament cannot have the capacity to carry out forensic audit. That is why we were taken aback when the Board of Management of Mumias Sugar Company categorically refused to hand over to the Committee the final forensic audit report undertaken by KPMG. I am using the word “refuse” because they refused. This Report was tabled on the Floor of this House in March 2015. By that time, we were told that the forensic audit report by KPMG was still in draft form and that is why the Committee was unable to adopt it. I tried in vain to push for its adoption in the Committee. One year later, that Report has not been submitted to the Committee by the Board of Managements of Mumias Sugar Company. They continue to play hide and seek with the Committee. Which person or authority in this country can defy Parliament if he or she is not sure that they are under protection? Mumias Sugar Company did well by outsourcing that forensic audit with KPMG, but it was largely on the issue of the 10,000 metric tonnes of sugar that Mumias Sugar Company imported. They undertook to carry out another forensic audit on the fictitious exports. The forensic audit by KPMG revealed a lot of things. If we had the privilege of having the final report with us and have this House adopt it, perhaps, we would have gone to the root of the matter in as far as importation is concerned. When it comes to the fictitious exports, as I speak, we are not even sure if any forensic has happened as was promised by the Board of Management of Mumias Sugar Company. So, we still have a long way to go as Parliament to get to the bottom of this matter. What we have done, as a Committee, is merely to scratch the surface. For us to get to the bottom of this matter, we shall need co-operation of everybody else, including the Board of Management of Mumias Sugar Company."
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