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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orengo",
    "speaker_title": "The Senate Minority Leader",
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        "legal_name": "Aggrey James Orengo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very good report because it goes a little bit beyond the requirements of Standing Order No. 51(b). The work of this Committee is very important to Parliament as a whole and not just to the Senate. If you look at Article 229 of the Constitution, the requirements of debate and approval or disapproval of the Auditor-General‟s report after consideration by the Senate or the National Assembly is on mandatory terms. It is not just in mandatory terms, but also time bound. It provides that as soon as the reports are tabled, they should be debated within three months. I thought the Committee was coming up with very practical solutions. If we cannot execute this mandate of oversight and use the office of the Auditor-General effectively, then under the Constitution, we may fail one of our core functions, particularly in relations to counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to suggest, subject to any directions that you may give and given the fact that this is very good report in terms of giving us a way forward on how to consider it, will it be in order if this report was taken before the Senate Business Committee (SBC), together with the leadership of that Committee, to find out a practical way of dealing with these Auditor-General‟s reports? The SBS should The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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