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    "id": 799686,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/799686/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang'",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was following the conversation on radio. I just want to make some very brief remarks. It is a fact that this House in its five year life has never adopted a single report and the Notice of Motion by Sen. Linturi is the first attempt to move this House to adopt a report. In 2010, we passed a new Constitution; in 2012, we did a new Public Finance Management (PFM) Act; and in 2015, we came up with very detailed regulations for the PFM Act but our framework for audit has remained the same. The CPAIC is looking at the same things that county assemblies are looking at. What makes it worse is that the Senate’s CPAIC receives an average of 470 reports every year while county assemblies get about 10 reports. Each county that has established Funds such bursary Funds, mortgage Funds, women Funds and “monkey” Funds in some counties have to be audited and a report comes to the Senate. I will not give this House an assurance that in our lifetime we will look at an average of 470 reports in a year and it has been my position that we are looking at the wrong things. There is no business for the Senate to do the same things that county assemblies are doing. We have not engaged the Auditor-General so that we come up with a different report---"
}