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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a very important issue. I would like to bring to the attention of my colleagues here, maybe, the ones who have been in Parliament for long--- I remember a gentleman by the name Mr. Njoroge who was the Controller and Auditor-General at that time. He used to perform the same function. I recall meeting a lady in Germany whom they call the president and is an Auditor in the same terms as the Auditor-General. I wondered why we amended our Constitution to include a Controller of Budget (CoB). To some extent, I believe there is merit in that question. How can counties procure, put in a budget a certain item to purchase, do an infrastructure project and end up changing that concept when the money arrives in the county? There is connivance in the Office of the Controller of Budget and we must address it. The second issue that bothers me is that when I was young, I appeared before Sen. Mwangi Githiomi and Sen. Ochillo-Ayacko at that time, during the Public Investments Committee, and I was an intern. People used to fear the Committee of Sen. Mwangi Githiomi. When you stepped inside there, you were a victim. They treated you like a criminal. I just wonder why governors are comfortable with the Committee of the Senate. What is it that makes them so comfortable? It is a question that we must ask. The third one and last one; we want oversight funds. We elect nine Members to sit in a committee, but truth be told, they are not auditors and experts. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the next Senate must find a method, and I propose that we have a Senate Audit Office, where we can send people to check various counties, for example, Narok, Elgeyo-Marakwet and Makueni. Every Senator here is disappointed because our governors, who are on their second term, - with the way things are going on in this Senate - will walk away, go to the Isle of Man and celebrate that they were elected governors because we are never going to put them to task. I thank you."
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