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    "id": 698595,
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    "speaker_name": "The Senate Majority Leader",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen",
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    "content": "(Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will be very brief. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Mover, Sen. Murkomen, who is the Deputy Majority Leader for moving this Motion. In support of the Motion, allow me to say a couple of things; one, this Motion has not been brought by the Leader of Majority in terms of the dates. It has also not been recommended by the Senate Business Committee (SBC) in terms of the dates. These dates were agreed at the beginning of this Session. In February, when we resumed, we adopted the yearly calendar. That calendar provided that this week, we should proceed on a 10 days recess. But because we had interfered with the August recess because of the several special sittings we had, we ended up pushing the August recess by a week. We thought it wise that we need to be around this week also so that we compensate for that one week that was affected. So, in essence, there has been no alteration whatsoever. The calendar in terms of the balance between recess and the days when we should be sitting has not been affected. The totality of that balance has been maintained. Should this Motion go through and we proceed on recess on 19th October, 2016, we are expected to resume on 1st November, 2016. We will only have one month up to 2nd December, 2016, to wind up the business for the fourth session. I want to plead with all of us that we must maximize on the last month when we come back. My plea has been that since we have done quite a bit of Bills and Motions, the aspect of oversight which Sen. Sang has already mentioned is an issue which we can do something about before the close of this Session, especially in consideration of the Auditor-General’s reports by the Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and now the Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’- Nyong’o led Committee. I have already taken this before the House Business Committee (HBC). This is an area where we need to do something and I hope we can prioritize that. The HBC should provide that guidance so that we do not end our term without tackling one financial year. Part of the problem is not really the Public Accounts and Investment Committee (CPAIC).They are trying their best.They have meetings almost daily. The information is out there and we commend them because it is not easy to have Committee meetings almost daily for more than one month. The Auditor-General of the Republic of Kenya is part of the problem. As much as we are putting pressure on the CPAIC to deliver the report for the subsequent years, it is a pity the Auditor-General has not submitted those reports. I am tempted to believe and I have very good reasons to believe so, the Auditor- General of this country is in violation of the Constitution which is ground for removal from office of a public officer in that office. We, therefore, need to put pressure and this House must exert pressure in consultation with the other House. As Parliament, we must put pressure on the Auditor- General of this country to give us the reports so that the Committee and this House can process those reports. However, it is important to note that we are still too far with the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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