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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Keynan",
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        "legal_name": "Adan Wehliye Keynan",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I note the sentiments of the Members and, in particular, what has been suggested by my good friend, hon. Makali. That is what we are doing right now as a Committee. Clearing the backlog is not an easy job. It requires a lot of sacrifice. For the last 15 months that we have been Members of this House and by extension members of this Committee, we have decided to work around the clock to make sure that those who will be privileged to be Members of the 12th Parliament and by extension, of this Committee will have less work to do, just like what hon. Khalwale did for members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). In the last Parliament, hon. Khalwale worked very hard and cleared the backlog. Today, what PAC is dealing with is just the years of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. It is achievable. This is what we are attempting to do. Secondly, for those of us who participated in drafting the new Standing Orders, there is a critical committee called the Committee on Implementation. It is supposed to pick all the reports that have been adopted by this House. One of these days, we will be asking the Committee on Implementation to share with us all the reports they have attempted to implement. There are timelines in the implementation of these reports. For instance, in this particular Report, some of these entities are supposed to report within two or three months. That is supposed to be ascertained by the implementation arm of Parliament, which is the Committee on Implementation. Our first function as a Legislature or as Members of Parliament is to safeguard public investments and properly play our oversight role. This is not possible if we exercise oversight and do nothing on wastage of public resources or incidences of 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."
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