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    "id": 880963,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/880963/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Pokot South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Pkosing",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 2662,
        "legal_name": "Losiakou David Pkosing",
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    "content": "So, a sessional paper will come to this House asking for what? So, once KAA replies agreeing or giving a proposal of the merger or disagreeing… If it is accepted by Cabinet, then that is how that document will find itself in this House - as a sessional paper giving birth to amendment of laws and consummation of marriage. There is nothing before us but only a proposal. As I conclude my presentation, what is the role of PIC according to Standing Order No. 206? Last week, you ruled that they draw their mandate from audited accounts or special audits. This merger has not reached special audit. My colleague is talking about audited accounts showing that KQ owes KAA over Kshs3 billion. That debt has no relation with what is before us - on the proposed merger. They can proceed with their work but matters about a merger have not reached them. I am calling for your ruling to protect and demarcate functions of Committees, so that we can move forward. There will be no marriage between KQ and KAA without passing through this House. The power of the Auditor-General is to audit KAA. What about KQ? Therefore, as a Chair of another strong Committee, it was in bad faith for my colleague to try to injunct us. Hon. Speaker, protect the committees alongside the Constitution in Article 124 which creates them."
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