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    "id": 734104,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 170,
        "legal_name": "Bonny Khalwale",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise to second this very important report that comprises a number of counties in respect of their performance in the utilization of the public funds at their disposal for the Financial 2013/2014. It is with a heavy heart that I note that findings we have made in these particular counties appear to cut across quite a number of counties. In spite of this, the resource person, the Auditor-General, we find that he is not adequately funded. That is why some of the reports have come to these House six months after the Constitutional deadline that expects that the Auditor-General should have tabled these reports here. Madam Temporary Speaker, we also regret that the public will be thinking that our Committee is not up to the task because we are still talking about 2013/2014 financial year at the tail end of the term of the fifth year. We would like Members of the public to know that governors successfully injuncted the Committee for a period of 10 months and we were unable to do anything and this is why there is this delay. Thirdly, the governors of Kakamega and Embu counties failed to appear before our Committee. As far as this Senate is concerned, there is no governor in Embu County. The one of Kakamega continues to engage in legal somersaults in court in an attempt to avoid accountability. Well, it is up to him either to come before this Senate so that it gives him an opportunity to clear himself or run the risk, as he has done, of having all the audit queries confirmed and being subjected to investigations by the investigatory accounting institutions of this country, including the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). Furthermore, 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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