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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Prof.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I must start by applauding the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for the work they have done. They have brought us to the current status so that when we are doing the Division of Revenue Bill, we will be using the most current audited report. I think that is going to improve the amount of funds that we will give to the counties in the current constitutional arrangement. May I also congratulate the Committee for, at least, making effort that we have the summaries. We should make it a procedure of the House that if you have a very big report, then executive summaries are produced and distributed to hon. Members so that they can look at highlights and make meaningful discussion. I have been a Permanent Secretary and an Accounting Officer. When I see these years, I think my hand must have passed somewhere there. I must say that in a way, I feel somehow vindicated in some things. I have said in the past that there is so much money that we have in the Government, that if we, as a country, use it as we use our own individual money and not call it pesa ya Serikali, we could provide free education in this country. We can provide free healthcare. I know that sounds like a big statement but the leakage that we have, and this has come out here, is what is retarding the development of this The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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