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    "content": "I resumed my seat to allow Members to come in but instead, they are just crowding at the door. You can do those things later, Hon. Members. I resume. As we all know, the Auditor-General invariably submits audit reports on an annual basis. These reports are mostly post-mortem reports on a range of subject areas under which public funds have been spent. Nonetheless, Committees are not precluded from requesting the Auditor- General to undertake a special audit and submit reports thereof to the committees, as and when need arises. Indeed, the Public Investments Committees of successive Parliaments have always been alive to this reality and have carefully navigated the path of getting seized of investigation into allegations of misuse of public funds before the release of the reports on audited accounts. Hon. Members, the established practice of the House is that a Committee may resolve to request the Auditor General to carry out a special audit and furnish a report to the Committee before the said Committee carries out further examination. Indeed, I have had the benefit of perusing the confirmed minutes of the 6th sitting of the PIC, which was held on 19th February, 2019, during which the Committee resolved as follows: “The Office of the Auditor-General should conduct a special audit on the proposed concession arrangement with a view to establishing adherence to the relevant laws, the risks that KAA and the public face, if the takeover is"
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