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    "id": 871691,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Prof.) Ongeri",
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        "legal_name": "Samson Kegeo Ongeri",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me also add my voice. I am a Member of that Committee. From the experiences that we have had in serving the last CPAIC, it is quite a thankless job as it were in many respects because you spend many hours being able to interrogate issues that may have happened some five, six, seven years ago and small of a postmortem exercise rather than the ant-mortem exercise itself. We are all mandated by the Constitution to oversight the performances and the dealings of county assemblies and the county government. We are to look at what they are doing and how they are functioning in the various aspects, especially the public finance management ethos. If I had a way, I would suggest that we have an ad hoc Committee at some stage so as to be up to date with the issues that are outstanding in terms of audit. We can be split into various groups that would go to various counties so as to update the auditing process and bring it up to speed in order for us to discuss the audit reports that directly affect the incumbency; those who are in power. You can only interrogate the services of those in power. The idea of monitoring and evaluation Committee and implementation Committee would be a useful addition to speed up some of these things. We could also convert, if the Senate Majority Leader and the Senate Minority Leader are in agreement, the whole Senate into an ad hoc Committee of auditing the report, as I said earlier, for us to bring them up to speed. Right now, we are on 2013/2014. God knows when we shall interrogate 2017 accounts. We need to be there for us to deal with current issues. I am a Member of that Committee. I cannot speak for myself, except to accept the honour bestowed upon us to serve in that Committee and to serve diligently as required by the law. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir."
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