{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=155255","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=155253","results":[{"id":1570732,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570732/?format=json","text_counter":300,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kilome, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Thuddeus Nzambia","speaker":null,"content":" Please, give us time."},{"id":1570733,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570733/?format=json","text_counter":301,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"If you must have a kamukunji, do it outside. We quietly listened to you, so you should also give your colleague an opportunity to be heard."},{"id":1570734,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570734/?format=json","text_counter":302,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kilome, WDM","speaker_title":"Hon. Thuddeus Nzambia","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for protecting my contribution. A lot of money is going to waste. Once we get the report from the Auditor-General, it is only this House which can pursue, interrogate, and scrutinise every coin to ensure the proper use of public funds. Because I am a Member of the Public Investments Committee on Education and Governance, I will give my honourable colleagues an opportunity to contribute to this Report because I will contribute on the report of the Public Investments Committee on Education and Governance."},{"id":1570735,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570735/?format=json","text_counter":303,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Member for Funyula."},{"id":1570736,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570736/?format=json","text_counter":304,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."},{"id":1570737,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570737/?format=json","text_counter":305,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Deputy Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Member for Turkana, just remove your card so that you do not confuse me. Proceed, Hon. Ojiambo."},{"id":1570738,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570738/?format=json","text_counter":306,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to congratulate and sincerely thank the Committee for taking the time to review outstanding and past audit reports. I do not want to dwell on specific issues. Allow me to dwell on some basic issues. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 has very clear provisions on when specific audit reports ought to be debated. Allow me to bring to the attention of the House Article 226 of the Constitution. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I seek your indulgence that we take this matter very The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."},{"id":1570739,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570739/?format=json","text_counter":307,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":"seriously. Article 229 of the Constitution requires that audits must be completed within six months and must be tabled and debated in Parliament within three months."},{"id":1570740,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570740/?format=json","text_counter":308,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":"We know that there has been a backlog that must be addressed. However, we should address it in light of the ruling in the High Court Case No.HCJR/E082/22023 that invalidated the findings of the Committee of the County Assembly of Nairobi in view of the recommendations. I, therefore, urge the House Business Committee, the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly, and the Parliamentary Service Commission, that for the work of all the watchdog and oversight committees to have any legal or constitutional effect, we must comply with the provisions of the Constitution to ensure that audit reports are debated and approved by Parliament within three months after tabling by the Office of the Auditor-General. In the old Audit Act and the Constitution, the Office of the Auditor-General is required to review and table the reports six months after the end of the financial year. The financial year ends on 30th June of any given year. That means that by December, the Office of the Auditor-General must have reviewed and submitted the reports to Parliament."},{"id":1570741,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1570741/?format=json","text_counter":309,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Funyula, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo","speaker":null,"content":"The main complaints in the past were issues of non-compliance and failure to supply documents. The Office of the Auditor-General would go to the Semi-Autonomous Government Agencies (SAGAs) or ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) which would claim that they were not ready or would submit their reports fairly late. The amendments to the Audit Act condensed the period for submission of documents giving the Office of the Auditor-General enough time to review, prepare and submit the reports. I urge the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Parliamentary Service Commission and all the relevant organs of this House to put measures into place to facilitate and adequately fund the oversight and watchdog committees, namely, the Public Accounts Committee, the various PICs, and the Special Funds Accounts Committee so that they can complete the audit process and table their reports, preferably not beyond May of the subsequent years. Otherwise, all these reports will just be for record and academic purposes."}]}