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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Gikaria",
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        "legal_name": "David Gikaria",
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    "content": "It is unfortunate that a whole organisation can transact serious business involving a huge amount of money without getting approval. Sometimes, we wonder that this happens within organisations with internal audit departments and other internal mechanisms which are supposed to highlight some of these issues before they happen. It is unfortunate that most of the internal audit departments are, again, compromised or have a hand in the same aspect. How do you not obtain approval, payment is done and the internal department does not air that kind of issue? In future, Parliament needs to enhance the capacity of internal audit departments in all public institutions so that they can detect any misappropriation of public funds. The other day, we passed a Bill to protect whistle blowers. This is going to assist. If you see something and you do not give information, you are also culpable. If you give that information, the law is going to protect you. These are the things that will assist. We have seen in the past that Parliament, just before its dissolution, passes very many Bills and legislations. These Bills are passed without proper scrutiny. I think in this Parliament we need to have a provision that if a Bill is brought before this House, particularly during the electioneering period like next year, we need to give a limit that that Bill should be passed within a certain timeframe. I know there is a law that says Bills should take 90 days. However, it is important for us because the Bill that established the YEDF was established in a year that we were headed for elections. There was Regulation No.12(2) on the YEDF under Order No.63 of 2007, which provided that the YEDF will deposit its money that is not being used. What is the purpose of us giving money to the YEDF which is supposed to loan the young people? I doubt whether we 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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