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    "speaker_name": "Nambale, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": "General because he is not going to come back again to do this work. Somebody new coming in should start on a clean slate. Three, I do not know if it is the practice - the accountants in the House will advise - to give a certain timeline for the results of this audit. I do not know if they are free to take another two years doing this auditing or whether they are expected to provide the audit report by a certain time. If that is the case, the Committee should next time start the process in advance to bring in an auditor to audit the last year of this Auditor-General and give the new Auditor- General a basis on which to begin audit. We rely extensively on the findings of the Auditor-General. We know that as much as the Auditor-General’s office has worked, what they do is usually just a sample, which is statistically representative, but that does not mean that what is left out is not of concern. There is a lot that seems to go on. So I would hope that in looking at the accounts of the Auditor-General, we will find good examples that need to be followed by their clients that they audit, so that the good practice there would give comfort certainly to Parliament but also to the clients of the Auditor- General that there is a way in which these things ought to be done. By so doing, hopefully, the message will get across that things should be done well. It should be possible also to internationalise the auditing of the Auditor-General. I see no reason why the audit firms need to be regional or national. They could be international. That might be a good thing, so that it can compare itself to the best practice in other areas. As I conclude, in anticipation of the fact that the current Auditor-General will be retiring, which he has to, after eight years of service, I would like to thank him personally, because I know him professionally; Kenya has been lucky to get the services of the current Auditor- General, Dr. Edward Ouko, given the exposure he has. It is difficult to find other citizens who have been as lucky as he has been in getting the opportunity to be at the helm of the Office of the Auditor-General. Dr. Ouko has worked in various international institutions. He has been exposed internationally to public and private corporates and he has done auditing under the most strenuous circumstances in terms of standards that are followed. So, I consider Kenya lucky to have had someone of that stature to head the Office of the Auditor-General and the fact that he is Kenyan, which I think was a great service. Hon. Speaker, I cannot say more than that for now. I support the proposal that has been put forward. I hope that the Chair will keep an eye on whether it is possible to include just this one year so that we get the total period of the remaining five years of the Auditor-General done, so that we can put a closure to that and start with a new person on a new footing. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I support."
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