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    "id": 748826,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/748826/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 110,
        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "When Anne Waiguru appeared before us, she tried to exonerate herself and say nice things. She even said that she was not the one in charge of finances and she was not the Accounting Officer, and yet the Presidential Memo had clearly given more powers to the CSs. The CSs we have today have powers in terms of financial management, procurement and human resource management unlike the Cabinet Ministers in the last regime. Actually, they have authority like those of accounting officers. Everyone said how powerful this lady was. By the way, this is not something that we needed to listen from witnesses to know. Kenyans know how powerful one Anne Waiguru was in this country before she unceremoniously left the office after this theft. This lady misled the Committee into believing that she was innocent. She struggled very much to exonerate one Harakhe who was her partner in crime - the person with whom they worked day and night, together with Mangiti and the rest, to organise themselves into this kind of cartel. This lady wants to exonerate Harakhe by saying: “Harakhe was not responsible. During times of Harakhe, things were working smoothly.” That was the case and yet we confronted her with evidence that many of those transactions took place when Harakhe had the authority to incur expenditure. This was a well-orchestrated theft. Because we cannot debate the entire text of this report now, I want to say that our recommendation that this lady should not hold public office has nothing to do with any vendetta. As a matter of fact, a person like Kipchumba Murkomen, who after being caught, wants to point at others as--- Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, could you add me two minutes? This Murkomen after being caught as having benefitted from the money from NYS want to point fingers that there are also people in the Committee who are compromised. Tell us those who are compromised. That does not exonerate him. I watched Anne Waiguru talk yesterday about our Report. She says it does not matter and there is nothing new. I think this country must give our Parliament and committees---"
}