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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "Thank you, very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion on the report of the Public Accounts Committee. I want to start by congratulating the Members of the PAC, including the former Member of that Committee who has just spoken, the hon. Ethuro, who was also part of the team that came up with this report. Having said that, the role of watchdog Committees cannot be over-emphasised in view of what goes on in our country. More important is the fact that this Motion ought not to have gone on under the present conditions. Members of Treasury, particularly the officers who sit on your right, are not here and there is no other person from the Ministry. Therefore, it is very difficult for us to do anything meaningful, to correct any wrongs, to do anything to help put things right. However, I would like to say that this Committee usually comes up with very weighty recommendations which affect the running of Government Ministries and Departments. Usually, they are intended to help improve the management of our public resources. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the biggest problem which we have had, and which I am sure Members could have mentioned in their contributions is the fact that the PAC and PIC usually come up with brilliant reports and recommendations, but the Government arms responsible for implementation have always been a problem. It is important that Parliament amends certain provisions of the law to ensure that there is some action which can be taken where recommendations of Parliament are not implemented. In particular, recommendations which have been adopted by the whole House, are not implemented by officers of Government. Parliament must find a way of following up to ensure that these recommendations are implemented, otherwise, we will go on like this forever and never achieve anything."
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