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    "id": 964872,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwea, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Josphat Kabinga",
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        "legal_name": "Josphat Kabinga Wachira",
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    "content": "From the Report, it is very clear that the former Auditor-General had time to prepare himself. He had time to assign some officers responsibility to incur expenses. He prepared himself by assigning officers to various audits and he had all the time. If there was all that time and he had prepared himself, was he communicating with the authorities that are responsible for his replacement or it was a calculated delay? This is disturbing. As my brother, Hon. Kioni said, we are just coming from the important BBI launch. One of the key areas of the BBI is to ensure that we are careful in how we utilise resources that we generate in this country. The only way to ensure that resources are well utilised is by audit. If there are no audit reports, then we are already violating one of the wishes of the BBI. It is also disturbing that within our roles, we have areas where we are saying that if a certain office holder is not there, the entire process is stopped. It does not go through. These audit reports are ready, but because somebody is not there, we cannot have them tabled in Parliament. I also take note that the Head of the Public Service wrote to the acting Auditor- General sometime back to alert her that she was not authorised to sign some of the documents. So, they are pending knowingly. I wonder whether the Committee has checked with the Head of the Public Service to look at why he wrote that letter and when he is expected to facilitate the process. He is the Head of the Public Service. All these agencies, including the Public Service Commission fall under his docket. He is able to influence and ensure that he accelerates the appointment of an Auditor-General. The PSC falls under the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security and I am interested to know whether it is the commission that is delaying the deployment of an Auditor-General. As I mentioned, Kenyans out there get disturbed when they hear that we have areas where we are not able to recruit or we are delaying recruitment for no reason. Many youths are looking for jobs. They do not have opportunities for work. We understand this is an experience intensive position, but by appointing an Auditor- General, we are opening another position that cascades down until we can have a youth employed. Therefore, we need to do all we can to ensure that we do not waste any moment in this country, not just about the Auditor-General, but move with speed to ensure that this is done every time we have opportunity for employment. We should continue to pick on young men and women who are looking for jobs. We are discouraging the young men and women when we delay appointment into these kinds of jobs. We are here debating, a whole afternoon, and talking about reports that cannot come to the House because there is a delay in appointment of an The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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