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    "id": 196752,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Muthama",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 96,
        "legal_name": "Johnson Nduya Muthama",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to support this Bill. I want to 454 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES April 15, 2008 start by saying that it has come at the right time, and needs to be supported. We want to recognise that any Government, institution or even the private sector that stands to prosper must have well- qualified accountants. Accounts is the backbone of every sector that wants to prosper. We have seen, even in our constituencies or districts, that the Government has posted District Accountants there. I want to say that we should support that but we still need more accountants. Some should even be posted to the divisional level. That is where you find the operations of the county councils and the provincial administration. Another issue that needs to be considered is recognising the work that is being done by accountants. Some of them are more than willing to work more as much as possible. Some of them are out to make sure that public funds are controlled properly. I want to add that their salaries need to be boosted and taken care of. To have someone as the custodian of public funds, and funds are quite tempting, and yet they are not properly paid, may make them end up doing things which are questionable. This Bill is very important; having it shows a great deal of recognition, and the Minister for Finance has done a good job. It is a great recognition of accountants. If they know that their issues are being given the seriousness that they deserve, they will feel encouraged to do their work. This Bill has come late and we did not have enough time to study it properly, but it is important. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have co-operative societies, which are run mostly by ordinary wananchi. They are their source of income; the business they do on a daily business is running co-operative societies. Government Accountants should be posted to those organizations, so that the public funds can be controlled properly. In co-operative societies there is coffee which, is owned by thousands of people; let me take the example of my Constituency, Kangundo. That is the only source of income; there are very many co-operative societies, but we lack supportive accounting, so that public funds can be controlled properly. These societies engage in production of coffee, purchase of farm products, the purchase of chemicals and payments. In some places, things are being done in a very primitive way. It is my sincere hope that in the future, when this Bill has passed, this issue will be considered with the seriousness that it deserves. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Bill."
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