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    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. I rise to also put my voice on this Report and to thank the Committee Members led by the able Chair, “Full Network”, for the wonderful presentation. Yesterday, there was another Motion almost similar to this on the Report from the Auditor-General auditing institutions while this one is auditing the Special Funds Accounts. I start to feel scared because most of the findings that are the officers in charge are not able to submit documents. It is as if most of the people who serve in these spaces are not competent because they have no records. For example, if you look at recommendation Part C, we have late submission of documents. There is an officer sitting in an office and he is not able to submit documents yet he is benefiting from Government funds. We have cases of inaccuracies of financial statements. What brings these inaccuracies? Is it a case of the funds not being utilised properly so that they are not able to account for them on time? We have unresolved matters which relate to previous years’ weak internal control systems, grounded assets and so on. You sit and ask yourself where the problem is. It has been noted that some of these Funds are not well resourced. That they have few people who are handling such funds; they do not have capacity; they do not have enough funds and so on. If a Fund is created, it should be well structured and well planned so that it does the work which it is supposed to do, and it is utilised for the right purpose. On Uwezo Fund and the Women Enterprise Fund, if I look at the case of Moiben Constituency, I see young people who should be benefiting from these funds, but they do not access this money. Some do not even have an idea that such a fund exists. Even as a Member of Parliament, you have to visit that office many times. You do not even understand what their role is. Some will give you false reasons like default in repayment and so on. Where were you when this money was not being repaid? We have the case of the Women Enterprise Fund. You find that in my constituency, the women are very eager to put their hands on some funds and do something. They have very good ideas. They have very vibrant groups but they do not have access to this money, yet there is a fund created for such activities. And we are even establishing the Hustler Fund. If this money is not well planned for, it will eventually end up like the Uwezo Fund, Women Enterprise Fund, and so on. It is high time as a country we sat back and re-looked at all the funds and what they were supposed to be doing. We look at Uwezo Fund: its mission and how far it has achieved its objective. We look at the Women Enterprise Fund, and we also look at the officers who are serving in these offices and see whether they have the capacity and understand the job. That it is not just a case of somebody getting a job, sitting in an office and having a title. One of the Members said that some have very big titles but if you look at the job description, it is as if they really do not know what they are supposed to be doing. Otherwise, we need to move with speed and secure these dockets so that our people can benefit like the case of the National Research Fund. If we still receive such Reports that there 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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