{"id":694484,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/694484/?format=json","text_counter":615,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":170,"legal_name":"Bonny Khalwale","slug":"bonny-khalwale"},"content":"On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Mong’are has raised a very pertinent issue. He has asked the Auditor to explain to Kenyans why he chose not to recommend that the Kshs29 million that the Governor allowed from public funds to renovate a private building should not be recovered from him. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is going to be a turning point if the country is going to believe that public funds can be used to improve a private building and public funds continue paying rent for that improved building and that the Auditor-General finds nothing wrong with it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to remind the Auditor-General that in this Parliament, there are many times auditors have made these kinds of reports and when the auditees appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), they then vary that recommendation to include actual surcharge and therefore, recovery of the money. Auditor, because we are in public, I want to remind you that you also have an office to protect."}