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    "id": 454023,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/454023/?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",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is my pleasure, on behalf of the PAC of this august House, to present to the House reports of the audited accounts for the Financial Years, 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 for adoption. Let me bring to the attention of the House that these two reports were laid on the Table of this House around January 2013; just before the House was dissolved ahead of the last elections. But because of time, they were not debated. These are the reports that had already been laid on the Table of this House, but they are brought before this House afresh because the initial laying on the Table had lapsed. What I am just about to do on behalf of PAC is historic in its own way, because this is the first time this House will have opportunity to consider two reports from two consecutive financial years at the same time. We do this because of the urgency and necessity for this House to dispense of with the backlog of these reports to allow this House to be up to date with the work of the PAC that we are currently seized of. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this House will take note of the fact that division of revenue, in accordance with the Constitution, is supposed to be based on audited accounts approved by this House. The audited accounts will help in determining the share of national revenue to be shared between the National Government and the county governments. It is, therefore, of critical significance to ensure that we are up to date."
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