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    "id": 1379434,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Butere, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nicholas Mwale",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Report of the Auditor-General on the 23 non-compliant state corporations as presented by the Public Investments Committee on Social Services, Administration and Agriculture. Being a member of another watchdog Committee – I am the Vice-Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee – and having read the Report and listened to the Members of the Committee, I want to reiterate that for us to end corruption and increase efficiency in delivery of Government services, it is imperative that the officers managing the 23 parastatals are held to account for them to clearly explain why they are not compliant with the law. I would like to give my reasons for supporting the Report. Firstly, in my view, the moment a corporation lacks books of account, it should not even exist. This is because it cannot file tax returns or gauge its performance. That is why those corporations, which lack books of account, should not be allowed to operate in this Republic. Secondly, I do not understand how those agencies lack permanent staff. There is no way acting staff can have the authority, as per the Companies Act, to manage the corporations and carry out its functions properly. I also noted lack of commitment from those parastatals to follow up the money that had been lost, as stated by my colleagues and inscribed in the Report. There is also an issue of secondment of officers from the mother ministry. An officer who is seconded from the mother ministry will have difficulty knowing the clear functions, vision and mission of a parastatal. For efficiency and to end corruption in Government operations, I support the Report."
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