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    "id": 927312,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Turkana CWR, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Joyce Emanikor",
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        "legal_name": "Joyce Akai Emanikor",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. As I support this Motion, I want to take a second on behalf of the great people of Turkana County to send condolences to the families, friends and constituents of our departed colleagues Hon. Ken Okoth and Hon. Joyce Laboso. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I wish to support this Motion on the proposal that an accountant be appointed to audit the Office of the Auditor-General. It is always fair that those who watch are also watched. People keep asking who watches the watcher, who audits the auditor, who examines the examiner and who oversees those who oversee Government Ministries and agencies, like we do in the National Assembly. So, this is a good practice. This is a requirement, pursuant to Article 226(4) of the Constitution. For fairness and avoidance of conflict of interest, it is ideal that audit services are outsourced. It is also important that a qualified professional who will conduct the business in line with international standards is identified. We commend the Chair of the PAC and his Committee for taking time to scrutinise the procurement process. I trust that the observations that this is satisfactory are okay although I keep wondering why the first trial of tendering was nonresponsive. All the same, we wish that this independent auditor will do his work as expected knowing that we have had concerns of selective audits in the past in some instances. Corruption and theft of public resources were happening in the last regime even before devolution. We are only surprised that things are now coming to the public domain. We are wondering what the Office of the Auditor-General was doing in the past. With those few remarks, I support."
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