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    "id": 733020,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Langat",
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        "legal_name": "Benjamin Kipkirui Langat",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.83 and notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order No.86, I rise to ask for your direction and guidance on the matter of consideration of a Petition to remove the Auditor-General from office. As you are aware, the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade has been considering the Petition by Mr. Emmanuel Mwagambo Mwagona on the removal of the Auditor-General from office - a Petition which you committed to the Committee on 16th February 2017. The Committee commenced its sittings on 21st February 2017 and has since received representation from the following: The Petitioner himself, Mr. Emmanuel Mwagambo; Mr. Edward Ouko, the Auditor- General; a brief from the Clerk of the National Assembly; a brief from the Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service; the National Integrity Alliance on 1st March 2017; the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) on 1st March 2017; Mr. Benjamin Ndolo; the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on 9th March 2017 and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on 9th March 2017. On realising that the matter at hand was weighty and that the Committee only had 14 days to conclude consideration of the Petition, pursuant to Standing Order No.234, the Committee resolved to seek for an extension so that all the parties mentioned could be given a hearing. I did this on 1st March 2017 and the House allowed us an extension of 21 days from 2nd March 2017. The Committee was scheduled to receive evidence from the following witnesses in the week commencing 13th March: M/s. Baker Tilly Merali on 14th March who is the auditor; The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR); Mr. James Ochieng Oduol on 14th March 2017; M/s. Selva Craft Limited; M/s. Baywood Holdings Limited; Ms. Agnes C. Mita; The Deputy Auditor-General; Mr. Phillip Owiti - Head of the human resource department in the Office of the Auditor General; Mr. Stephen Kinuthia; The Deputy Auditor-General; The Director-General of Public Procurement Oversight Authority (PPOA); The Management of JKUAT Enterprises Limited; The Chief Finance Officer - Office of the Auditor-General; M/s. Open System Integration (OSI) Kenya Limited on 16th March 2017; The petitioner on 16th March 2017; and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}