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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Funyula, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Ojiambo Oundo",
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    "content": "There were delays in making documents available to the Auditor-General. I want to give the Chairman of the Committee what we have been doing in the Public Accounts Committee since the commencement of this term of Parliament. An audit is a process that must end. It is not an ambush or a simple one-day event. Any public entity that does not provide requested documents to the auditor has committed an offence under Section 6(2) of the Public Audit Act. I am afraid that the recommendations provided here by the Committee, with due respect to my colleague and friend, have played safe. What he has done is say that accounting officers should comply with the provisions of Section 68 of the Public Finance Management Act of 2012 by submitting all the required information for audit. That, within two months of the adoption of this Report, any accounting officer who fails to provide the required information for audit pursuant to Section 6(2) of the Public Audit Act should be prosecuted for an offence pursuant to Section 6(2). I can see that the Chairman is absorbing very intently. I wish I had time. They should have changed to amend the recommendation so that any officer who is obliged to provide the document and did not do so at the time of audit, should be prosecuted immediately as provided for under Section 6(2). We must also be courageous enough to name them in person because they are not faceless. They are known. The records are there. We must name and bar them from holding any public offices in future. This will send a very tough lesson to accounting officers. I know that my time is up. I support and add that we must be bold and strong enough to call out those who fail to comply with the law. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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