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    "speaker_name": "Isiolo North, KPP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Hassan Hulufo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to also support the Motion on extension of time for submission of the Central Bank of Kenya Financial Report for the 2018/2019 Financial Year. I would like to add my voice to concerns raised by some Members who have spoken. This extension is occasioned by the vacancy in the important Office of the Auditor-General. It is very unfortunate that a constitutional and independent office - the office which helps us as a country to ensure that all the national and county government organs entrusted with public funds are held accountable - can remain vacant this long. The term of the former Auditor-General was fixed at eight years. It was known to everybody when his term would end. After the term of Mr. Ouko ended, the vacancy was gazetted, advertised, names of Kenyans who applied to replace him were published in the newspapers and later on, we saw the shortlist. After that, things went silent. Of course, as Kenyans, we can only guess that certain people whose names were required to be among the three to be submitted to the appointing authority did not find their way into the short-list of the three. As the people’s representatives, we should take this matter very seriously. We cannot afford a situation where the Office of the Auditor-General can remain without a substantive occupant. This is the office which helped us to unearth very many scandals. I would like to congratulate the former occupant of that office, Mr. Ouko, who was very independent in execution of his duties. He could not yield to any intimidation from any quarters. I am sure there are people who do not want another Ouko to occupy that office. As we support the extension of time for submission of this Report, the Committee that oversees the Public Service Commission should contact them to find out why it has taken this long for the process of recruiting the replacement of Mr. Ouko to be finalised. With those few remarks, I support the extension."
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