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    "id": 964769,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mvita, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Abdullswamad Nassir",
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        "legal_name": "Abdulswamad Sheriff Nassir",
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    "content": "In conclusion, in the absence of a substantive office holder, the annual reports cannot be signed. There is already a huge backlog. We already have six legal and constitutional deadlines that have been signed over and above the ones that have to be signed from county levels to every other level of Government accountability. Now, it is up to this House to extend the time for submissions of the Report as contemplated in Section 50 of the Public Finance Management Act Cap 42(1)(c). Hon. Speaker, with your guidance, the Public audit Act No.34 of 2015 will be committed to the relevant Committee because it needs to be amended to provide for succession management in instances where there is a vacancy in the Office of the Auditor-General. That means the Act has to be very clear that three months or six months prior to the exit of the Auditor-General, the Presidency should have nominated the names which should be coming to Parliament. In the event of the Auditor-General being incapacitated to perform his duties because of illness or death, then we need to know within what period of time the Presidency should nominate another person for appointment as Auditor-General. Lastly, it is our position that the process of appointment of the next Auditor-General should be expedited to enable that Office to continue with its mandate. I beg this House to approve this Report. Before I request my brother, Hon. Owen Baya, to second, today is a very sentimental day for me, the people of Mvita and Kenya at large. It marks 14 years since the former Member of Parliament for Mvita, the late Hon. Nassir passed away. So, I just wanted it to be a reminder and allow my brother Hon. Owen to second me on this one. Thank you."
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