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    "id": 979055,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/979055/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "I want to comment on the Auditor-General because these reports originate from that office. As we speak, we have a problem because we do not have a substantive Auditor-General. I sit in PIC. Last time, we extended our sitting time and we are told to extend again. We do not know whether it is by design. So, we are calling upon His Excellency the President to intervene so that we have a substantive Auditor-General. The primary function of the three watchdog committees is dependent on the audited accounts. For almost a year, we have not had a substantive Auditor-General. What is going to happen? That is what we are trying to put across, so that the Executive can intervene on this matter. I know a selection was put in place. The responsibility of the selection panel was to interview candidates and forward names to His Excellency the President to pick one. Their responsibility was not to disqualify applicants. On this Report, I want to talk briefly about the Universal Service Fund. Article 56 of the Constitution, under the Bill of Rights, is very clear. It talks of minorities and marginalised groups. It says that the State shall put in place affirmative action programmes designed to ensure that minorities and marginalised groups have reasonable access to water, health services and infrastructure. So, the objective in establishing these Funds is to implement Article 56 of the Constitution."
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