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    "id": 1379455,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1379455/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nandi County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Cynthia Muge",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to add my voice to the debate on the Motion on the Reports of the Auditor-General on the 23 non-compliant state corporations. The purpose of the Report is to ensure that those State corporations are audited to ensure that they improve the way they conduct their operations. This Report highlights the plight of several State corporations. There are glaring concerns in this Report. The listed SAGAs do not comply with the requirements of the Public Finance Management Act. Financial reports have proven to be very interesting. As stated in this Report, some of those SAGAs have been operating without substantive Boards of Management. Some of them do not even have accounting officers. That is clear a pointer as to what should be expected at the end of every financial year. Looking at the State corporations listed here, I note with concern that the Tobacco Control Board does not have an accounting officer. I am privileged to sit in the Departmental Committee on Health that oversees it. Looking at the amount of money allocated to that State corporation, which does not submit its financial records for audit since it does not have an accounting officer, it tells you how we lose public funds. This Government has an objective of fighting corruption. This Report is a very good pointer as to how it must be fought. The issue of Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital has come up several times in the Departmental Committee on Health. The facility is micro-managed by the mother ministry, which makes one wonder how it is supposed to survive and make its financial reports. As the Committee has proposed, those State corporations should be given their semi- autonomous status, so that they operate in a good way. If those recommendations are implemented, we will make a step towards in dealing with corruption. It is interesting to live 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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