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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "of the current financial year. I want, on behalf of the Committee, to send a very clear message to Treasury that the Committee will not expect any other excuse or any other extension of time with regard to the conclusion of the policy. That is because the policy has a direct and immediate implication for the under-collection and under-expenditure of A-in-A. (v) On the question of winding-up of funds that are dormant or have outlived their usefulness, the Committee noted that there are several funds in Ministries that are dormant or had outlived their usefulness and were supposed to have been wound up. This had been alluded to by parent Ministries of the funds as well as Treasury, which was to take the leading role in the winding up process. Key among the funds were:- Under the Ministry of Finance: The Cereals and Sugar Finance Corporation (C&AFC), the Asiatic Widows and Orphans Pensions Fund. Under the Ministry of Livestock: The Hides and Skins Cess Fund. Those are funds that have become dormant, but they continue to take time and resources in the processing of accounts. They should be closed to stop any further time wasted on them. The Committee expressed concern over the long delay by Treasury in the winding up of those funds. A task force to wind up the funds had been formed in 2005 but its members retired or exited the service culminating to another taskforce which, up to date, has not completed the assignment. The taskforce had failed to beat the last deadline given by this Committee. Upon request, the Committee had, once again, granted the taskforce an extension of the deadline to 30th June 2011. However, the taskforce again failed to meet the deadline and sought for another extension of up to 30th June 2012, which again it failed to meet. The Committee, therefore, recommends that the Permanent Secretary, Treasury must take personal interest and responsibility in this matter. He should ensure that the taskforce completes its assignment not later than 30th June, 2014. If the 30th June, 2014 deadline is not met, Parliament may have to make far reaching recommendations against that accounting officer. (vi) Unsatisfactory performance by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID): Accounting officers expressed their displeasure over the performance of the CID in dealing with matters referred to it for investigations. They submitted that the department took too long to act on matters and that, in most cases, its investigations did not sustain successful prosecutions. Once the accused persons were acquitted, they would then sue the Government for unlawful detention and malicious prosecution and the Government would end up paying huge compensatory sums because of those claims on public funds. The Committee took cognizance of the fact that several reforms were being undertaken in the Police Service pursuant to the new Constitutional dispensation and expects to see an improved CID in terms of performance. (vii) Unsatisfactory performance by the Office of the Attorney General in court cases on behalf of Ministries and departments: Accounting officers complained of unsatisfactory performance by the Office of the Attorney General. They told the Committee that the Attorney General rarely won cases on behalf of the Government and even in some cases, where judgment had been entered against the Government; the Office did not inform Ministries on time, thereby causing them to pay certain avoidable interest on judgments. Some of the affected Ministries included the Ministry of State for 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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