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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Butere, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nicholas Mwale",
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    "content": "First of all, I want to comment on public participation. I have seen my brother and counterpart, the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, has tried to elaborate on issues concerning public participation. The truth of the matter is that it needs to be streamlined. It needs to be fair because we see leaders send or coach the public to say certain things. Leaders even write opinions for the public. You will see a mama mboga articulating issues she has been told in public participation. We need to streamline public participation and know exactly how to get raw facts from the common mwananchi. I thank the Liaison Committee for their work in the Supplementary Estimates II for the 2024/2025 Financial Year. As much as it is good work, we in the Public Accounts Committee look at the mistakes the Auditor-General raises. Pending bills have been a thorn in the flesh when you look at some of the issues the office normally raises. This affects even the economy. For example, someone built a road. Maybe that company went to a bank and got a loan using a building, tractor, or farm equipment as security, yet the Government takes a long time to pay once the road is done. Certificates are raised, but the pending bills take five, six or 10 years without being serviced. Hon. Temporary Speaker, most of these problems of pending bills are addressed in the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. It is stipulated clearly that the accounting officer is supposed to treat pending bills as a first charge when it comes to budgeting. However, the problem is also the allocation of money for budgeting. If an accounting officer allocates all the 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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