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    "id": 732537,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "confidence in both this House, the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the court. He has now gone to the court of public opinion where he clearly knows that the public have no means and ways of verifying anything that he says to the media out there. It is a matter that is disturbing. This morning, I heard the Auditor-General - my good friend and colleague in the profession - Mr. Edward Ouko, and his lawyer purport that they cannot appear before Parliament because they will be in contempt of court. In the same statement, the Auditor-General contended that he was giving his side of the story. He said that he was also sending that statement to Parliament. So, I got lost in that clear contradiction wondering whether he was talking about this Parliament or another one. Therefore, I would want to seek your guidance on this matter even though I heard you speak about other committees, including those that deal with matters of budget. Is the Auditor-General not trying to use the court of public opinion and the public gallery to intimidate this House that he cannot appear before any of its committees on any other matter? For instance, the Finance Committee deals with matters to do with his budget. The Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology or the Public Investments Committee may need the Auditor-General. Is this to say that he cannot now appear before any committee of this House until this matter is determined by the court as they purport? Hon. Speaker, even as we await your ruling on Tuesday, it will be very important that you also clarify whether now we have a blanket embargo that this House cannot engage the Auditor-General on anything as he and his lawyer have purported out there in the public. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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