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    "id": 420823,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "(viii) Unsatisfactory performance by contractors: The Committee noted several cases where the performance of contractors was wanting. Unsatisfactory performance related to poor workmanship and slow progress of work on account of inefficiency, inadequate equipment, breakdown of equipment and poor planning. The unsatisfactory performance by contractors had also been reported severally in the previous reports by the Auditor-General and no marked improvement had been registered. In this regard, the Committee recommends that:- (i) The Ministries of Roads and Public Works must identify all contractors with a poor track record in execution of Government contracts and blacklist them from being awarded Government contracts. (ii) The Ministry of Roads and Public Works should ensure that an up to date data-base on performance of contractors is maintained and that the data is made available to the public to enable it make informed decisions when awarding contracts. On the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS), let me just say that, that system is so integral that virtually every issue, be it issues of delays, or issues of mis-expenditure, under-expenditure or over-expenditure they have been laid at the feet of this IFMIS. The Committee, in a bid to ensure that this system works effectively, held a workshop with the entire department of IFMIS at Treasury and through that workshop, the Committee has set very clear targets of what we expect Treasury to do in the application of IFMIS in the use of public funds and in accounting procedures by Treasury and all accounting officers. The introduction of IFMIS in financial accounting in the year 2007 was very welcome. However, since its inception, the system has reported incessant failures and this had made it impossible for some Ministries and departments to effect certain accounting transactions thereby adversely affecting service delivery and leading to audit queries that would, otherwise, have been avoided. Treasury had on numerous occasions acknowledged the situation and told the Committee that it was addressing the situation but, up to date, no remarkable success has been recorded. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Registration of Persons, Transport, Gender, Children and Social Development among others had been adversely affected by the IFMIS. The Committee recommends that the Treasury must take necessary steps to ensure an all-time efficient and reliable functional integrated IFMIS covering a more diverse functional mandate. As I have noted, it is important for the record, for it to be noted by the House that the Committee has, indeed, taken up this matter with the Treasury. The Committee is pleased to report to the House that as far as this matter is concerned, the Treasury is definitely doing something about it."
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