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    "id": 927279,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kibwezi East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu",
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        "legal_name": "Jessica N. Mbalu",
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    "content": "Report as presented by the PAC is in line with Article 226(4) of the Constitution as articulated by Hon. Chair and it ensures that the accounts of the Office of the Auditor-General shall be audited and reported by the professionally qualified auditor, as appointed by the National Assembly. That is why the Report is before this House. As part of the recommendations we are asking the National Assembly to note the contents of the Report. The contents of the Report as presented to us by the Clerk of the National Assembly included the procurement process of the auditor. We noted that the procurement process that included advertising was followed to the letter. This bid was advertised in the newspapers. There were 11 bidders who attended the pre-bidding exercise. In the bid response, there were seven firms that responded. In our observation of all the paperwork that was presented to us by the Clerk of the National Assembly, we confirmed that the procurement process was followed. The Committee did evaluation on the technical aspect and we had a separate sub-committee dealing with financial evaluation. This is per the criterion that has been outlined in the bid. After that, they recommended the award of the tender. As stated in the Report before the House, M/s PFK Kenya were awarded the tender given that they scored 87.36 per cent in both technical and financial evaluation. In the bid, the responsibilities of the audit firm were articulated very well and from the observations of PAC, as presented in our meeting of 24th July 2019, the Committee observed that the process was satisfactory. We also observed that M/s PKF Kenya was subjected to the National Assembly pursuant to Article 226(4) of the Constitution for approval. So, the Committee recommends that we approve the award of hiring external audit services for the Office of the Auditor-General for the financial years mentioned above to M/s PKF Kenya pursuant to the provisions of the Article 226(4) of the Constitution. As a Committee we were satisfied with the process of procurement and we were also cognisant of how the audit will be reported as well as the requirement of the auditors. I, therefore, call upon Hon. Members to note the contents of the Report and adopt it. I second and I thank you."
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