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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Cheruiyot",
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        "legal_name": "Aaron Kipkirui Cheruiyot",
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    "content": "I have noted with concern that in this Bill, Parliament and the National Assembly are used interchangeably. This is the Twelfth Parliament and we know how much we have run into issues in that regard. It is important that Sen. Were checks keenly and ensures that in the place where she means Parliament, let it be Parliament and where she means the National Assembly, let it be the National Assembly. We should be serious about the business of considering laws and not add additional powers to our colleagues in the National Assembly, yet we continue to learn and realize that when creating a county office, the Senate should have a say in terms of the people who occupy those particular offices. If the Inspector-General of Police is vetted by this House, then who else can we not vet? In the Constitution, there is no law that will deter us from ensuring that the people who are nominated to be county Ombudsmen are not taken through a nomination process via this House. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I urge Sen. Were to stick with the work of Parliament as opposed to the National Assembly. We would like to know the persons going to check the public officers in the counties, for example, I would like to have a say on who goes to check public officers in Kericho County. There is a sense with which someone respects you when they know that you had a say in how they got into that particular office or for that matter, how they can get out of that particular office. Finally, it will be important for us to also consider how after nominating someone to sit in the Ombudsman office, what if they get into office and fail to perform as expected by the citizens of that particular county? What is the recall process? Can a Senator, for example, have a say over that particular officer? Can the MCAs or the Members of the National Assembly have a say over that particular issue? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, overall, this is a good law and practice. I expect our colleagues who sit in the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) to consider doing the same for the Office of the Auditor-General. I do not see why the Office of the Auditor-General is not in every county. It should be anchored in an Act of Parliament that every county deserves to have the office of the Auditor-General represented. As a Senator, I should walk to the office in Kericho, for example, and ask them if they are aware of certain things. Audit should be an underlying process as opposed to checking where people went wrong."
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