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    "id": 1070010,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ugunja, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Opiyo Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I draw the attention of Members to the provisions of the Constitution upon which the work of the PAC is hinged. Article 203(3) of the Constitution is clear that the equitable share of the revenue raised nationally and allocated to the national Government and county governments is to be calculated on the basis of the most recent audited accounts of revenue received as approved by the National Assembly. I need to emphasise this because, as we know, this is a Report concerning Financial Year 2017/2018 and we are in Financial Year 2020/2021. One may want to ask why we are dealing with Financial Year 2017/2018 in Financial Year 2020/2021. This is, indeed, the last audited Report that was received by Parliament. As a matter of fact, the PAC of the National Assembly in the 12th Parliament has been able, through diligence, to clear the backlog that it inherited upon assumption of office way back in December 2017. What I mean, therefore, is that we have been able to be up-to-date with the Auditor-General in so far as examining the Audit Reports is concerned. The Public Accounts Committee has embarked on examining the Report of the Financial Year 2018/2019 which is now the latest report which has landed here. In fact, we have not even received the reconciliation books for all the Ministries, State Agencies and Departments. So, we are emphasizing that we are doing a good job as a Committee, and this is because of the commitment of the membership of that Committee. We have a wonderful Committee comprising of very dedicated Members. Some are serving their third terms like Hon. (Dr.) Eseli Simiyu and Hon. Aden Duale. Others are serving their second terms like Hon. Justus Kizito. Others are serving their first terms like Hon. (Dr.) Oundo and Hon. (Dr.) Eve Obara, but they are very committed as well. It is a Committee comprising of very eminent Members of Parliament who are extremely committed. Therefore, we owe it to those members that this Committee has been able to achieve what it has achieved to date in terms of clearing all the backlog and coming up to date with the Auditor-General’s Office. My presentation will be broken down into subsections, and I will be dealing with the matter of glaring irregularities and blatant illegalities that have been apparent and are manifest in the procurement process within the public sector such as Ministries, State Departments, 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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