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    "id": 1081471,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1081471/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Wilberforce Oundo",
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        "legal_name": "Wilberforce Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to support the Report tabled by my able Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). As you are aware, PAC is one of the most critical and important oversight committees in any Parliament, under the Commonwealth, as well as the American system. As required under Standing Order 205, PAC is expected to table a Report to review the accounts of the various national Government departments over a particular financial year. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are discussing the FY 2017/2018. As we contemplated under Article 95 of the Constitution of Kenya, one of the roles of the National Assembly is to appropriate funds and to exercise oversight over national revenue and its expenditure. This role is given to the PAC, Public Investment Committee (PIC) and other committees that do oversight. Under Section 201 of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, it is required that public money be used in a prudent and responsible way. One of the key duties of the PAC, therefore, arising from the Report of the Auditor-General, is to test whether public funds have been used in a prudent and responsible way."
}