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    "id": 733090,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/733090/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ichung’wah",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Anthony Kimani Ichung'Wah",
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    "content": "What happened last year is that the Commission, which unfortunately you chair, appointed an auditor to audit the Office of the Auditor-General. Despite the reservations, the Constitution does not give that mandate to any other body, not even the Parliamentary Service Commission which has outsiders sitting in it. I think the Parliamentary Service Commission has two or three commissioners who are not Members of the National Assembly. The Constitution specifically gives that mandate to the National Assembly. Since the withdrawal of that Motion, we expected that there would be directions to immediately commence the appointment of an auditor to audit the Office of the Auditor-General by the National Assembly hopefully through one of the committees even if it is the beleaguered Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. Hopefully, nobody will go to court again to stop the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade from even appointing an auditor. This is part of the oversight responsibilities that have been given, again, by the same Constitution to this House. 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."
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