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    "id": 1138338,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipipiri, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Amos Kimunya",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
        "slug": "amos-kimunya"
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to oppose the amendment by Hon. Mbarire and to explain to Members what this clause means. Section 31(2) reads: “(2) A political party shall within three months after the end of a financial year submit to the Auditor-General the accounts of the political party in respect of that year. (3) The accounts of every political party shall be audited annually by the Auditor- General and shall be submitted to the Registrar and tabled in the National Assembly.” We know that when you submit your accounts to the Auditor-General, it is only for one purpose: for the Auditor-General to audit and report to the National Assembly. So, the provision is a duplication. And it is also not clear who should submit the reports to the Registrar and who should submit them to the National Assembly. It causes confusion. In tidying up the Act, this is one of the provisions that were flagged for deletion. We do not lose anything. Every political party will have to submit their accounts to the Auditor-General. The Auditor-General is obligated to audit every account submitted to him and report to the National Assembly. Section 34(c) of the Act also obligates the Registrar of Political Parties to ensure publication of audited accounts of political parties. So, the Registrar is covered in section 34(c) of the Act while the Auditor-General is covered within section 31(2). The confusion that was being caused by section 31(3) in terms of duplication, since it does not provide for who takes the accounts to the Registrar and who brings the reports to National Assembly, is now removed deleting the redundant provision from the Act. That is the essence of the deletion in the Bill. I am an auditor, so I know what I am saying. So we vote no."
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