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    "content": "have brought up that need to be changed. If this Parliament does not change those laws, and it is not just the Government because we are part of it, the Kenyan public will continue losing their money. It does not matter whether you have angels at the Treasury or in the Government at one time. People change and the nature of human beings is that if you do not seal all loopholes when you have an opportunity, one day somebody will come and exploit those loopholes and everyone will suffer. At this time when we are all reform-minded, we are called upon to take it upon ourselves to ensure that our financial management issues are in top gear. We can learn lessons from this to ensure that the future is safe. I know that hon. Members want to contribute to this Motion and I hope that we can appeal to those who are outside to ensure that tomorrow we have a full house so that hon. Members can appreciate the role of Parliament in accountability. When we receive this report, we will tell our people out there that the auditor has reported. The Committee has received the auditor’s report, reviewed it and this is what they are telling Kenyans in terms of how their money was spent. This is because Parliament appropriated that money through the Budget process and the auditor has reported how it was spent. If we can concentrate on that, perhaps even the time we spend with ad hoc Committees in terms of looking at the issues as they are reported in the media on daily basis will be reduced so that we can put more time into waiting for the auditor as we move into the new constitutional dispensation. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know I still have a lot of time but I would like to stop at that. I congratulate the Committee. I hope that as we go into the future, we will look at this from a forward-looking situation and not just at who did what, when, wrong or right. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Motion."
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