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    "id": 893923,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. M. Kajwang",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13162,
        "legal_name": "Moses Otieno Kajwang'",
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    "content": "What stops the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from taking further some of the findings of the Auditor-General? The Auditor-General is an expert. That is why the qualifications of the Auditor-General are stated in the Constitution and their duties are constitutional. When the Auditor-General goes through an audit process that last six months and says that there was loss of funds in county “X”, what capacity does the Senate have to repudiate the findings of the Auditor-General? Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. talked about Parliamentary Audit Office. Until we develop competencies internally to carry out investigations, oversight, audit and forensics, the actions of the CPAIC shall be actions of political responsibility rather than professional scrutiny of the Auditor-General’s reports. I encourage the investigative agencies to continue with the gusto with which we have seen them taking up certain cases such as the one for Samburu County. I would like to inform the House that last week on Thursday and Friday, with the leave of the Speaker, the CPAIC sat in Samburu. On Thursday last week, we had engagement with Members of County Assembly (MCAs) of Samburu where we put them to task and asked where they were when things were going wrong in the county. We also 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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