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    "id": 976847,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/976847/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13188,
        "legal_name": "Getrude Musuruve Inimah",
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    "content": "representation. According to this Bill, the person being audited must be represented by law. Apart from being represented, the person must also be cross-examined so that he can defend himself. When it comes to an audit and you want to criminalise someone, you must talk to the person and give them a hearing. After that, cross-examine them so that even if a ruling is going to be done, it will be fair and just. However, when someone is being audited, it does not mean that the person should just keep mum, or that the person should not be represented. Something good about the Bill is that it also obligates public officers to be genuine and truthful on how they acquired their wealth, so that whatever wealth they have, it should be hard earned. This is because in a country like Kenya, if you are to own a house, you cannot build your house using your salary without taking a loan. For a mega project in Kenya, any simple public servant must take a loan. If you have taken a loan to build a house and auditors establish that you took a loan and built the house, they will have answers to whatever they were seeking. However, if someone just wakes up one morning, builds a house, finishes it, builds another one and finishes it without taking loans at all, there must be question marks. This is because mega projects are not easy to come up with, unless you have taken a mega loan, so that you eventually stay like a pauper as you pay the loan. So, I want to say---"
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