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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak on the constitution of this important Committee. I apologise as I have been having a problem with my card. I had wanted to speaker earlier on but knew in due course I would speak. The Procedure and Rules Committee is one of the most important committees of this Senate. I want them to consider two issues in addition to what has been mentioned by my fellow Senator, Sen. Olekina. The first one is the constitution of the Committee on the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee. I made this point last time but I will keep on repeating it until the relevant Standing Order is made in relation to this Committee. It is true that all the Sessional committees have nine Members and this particular committee, initially when it started in the first term, also had nine Members. The work of this Committee is central to the work of the Senate since our major role here is to oversight and make recommendations, among others. Therefore, its membership should be more than the nine members particularly this time because when they have to consider the audited accounts for 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2016/2017 which are all in arrears. In the last Parliament there were many challenges which were encountered by this Committee brought about by governors who took us to court saying that we did not have the competence to summon them for audit queries. So, we took a lot of time on those issues in court to the extent where it 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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