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    "id": 420194,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/420194/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
        "slug": "ababu-namwamba"
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    "content": "The second issue that again the House has expressed considerable concern over is breach of Article 229(4) of the Constitution which provides that within six months after the end of each financial year, the Auditor-General shall audit and report in respect of that financial year. Together with that is Article 229(8) which provides that within three months after receiving an audit report, Parliament or the county assembly shall debate and consider the report and take appropriate action. The Committee is aware that we are already in breach of these constitutional provisions. The accounting officers, the Office of the Auditor-General and, therefore, by extension this House is in breach of these provisions of the law. We need to make it clear that Parliament cannot act on reports that have not come to this House. Therefore, the responsibility lies squarely on, first, the Auditor-General and, secondly, with the accounting officers to make sure that they work with the Auditor- General to ensure that the provisions of Article 229 are strictly adhered to. As a Committee, we have resolved that the following measures will be useful in assisting to move towards the requirement of Articles 229(4) and 229(8)."
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