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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "thrice and in all instances, the tenders were non-responsive. It is for this reason that the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Auditor-General approached the Public Accounts Committee early this year for advice on which way to proceed, given the hurdles that had become too apparent. It was, indeed, the view of the PAC that the National Assembly should make another attempt of advertising this tender. Following that advice, the National Assembly advertised afresh for the tender. This time round, the National Assembly succeeded in identifying a firm that was competent and capable of undertaking this constitutional task. When the Report of the procurement process was tabled before the PAC by the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Committee, after careful deliberations and analysis of the same, was satisfied that due process was followed and the firm that was eventually settled on had the capacity to undertake this task. It is, therefore, my pleasant duty – without going through the details of how the procurement was undertaken because it is in the Report – to summarise. A total of seven firms bid and after due process of technical and financial evaluation, the tendering committee settled on the M/s PKF Kenya. That was the recommendation that the Clerk of the National Assembly presented to the PAC. It is important to reiterate the fact that this particular procurement, being a unique process underpinned by Article 226(4) of the Constitution, could not be deemed to be complete until the approval of the National Assembly was sought and obtained. That is the import of my Motion this afternoon. Therefore, as I move this Motion, I want to plead with this House to find it fit and desirable to approve this Report and give ago ahead to this firm, M/s PKF Kenya, to be contracted by the National Assembly to undertake the audit of the accounts of the Office of the Auditor-General for the Financial Years 2014/2015, 2015/2016, 2016/2017 and 2017/2018. As I conclude, it is important for the House to take notice of the fact that the current holder of the Office of the Auditor-General will be due for retirement in less than one month having completed his non-renewable eight years term of office. It is also important to underscore the fact that it is this House that has continued to appropriate funds for utilisation by the Office of the Auditor-General. Just like any other State Department, Ministry or agency to which public funds are appropriated by this House, it is in the public interest that this House and by extension the public, gets to know how those funds are applied. It is not possible to determine how those funds are applied, if a proper audit is not undertaken by a competent audit firm as envisaged by the Constitution, under Article 226(4). Therefore, this raises a matter of urgency. The issue of urgency arises because even though we are too late in the day in terms of coming up with this firm to do this audit, it is important that we do not lose any extra day in ensuring that this process gets underway. Therefore, I beg to move and I am requesting my very able Deputy Chairperson, Hon. Jessica Mbalu, Member for Kibwezi East, to second."
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