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    "id": 510427,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Abass",
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        "legal_name": "Abass Sheikh Mohamed",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Allow me to join my colleagues in commending the PAC for doing what they have done in terms of producing three Reports for the last three financial years. This comes in the light of the fact that this Committee and its Chair has been, for some time, a punching bag in this House and outside regarding its work. I hope that the production of these three reports, which has never been done before, vindicates the Committee and its Chair that they are very serious and up to the task. Let me start by saying that in the course of taking evidence, being a Member of this Committee, we realized that some Accounting Officers were on top of their game as far as the responses they were bringing to the Committee were concerned. There are some Accounting Officers, whom I would possibly call zero in terms of the responses that they brought to the Committee. They brought “cut and paste” kind of responses, which were made a decade ago. Therefore, I support one of the recommendations of the Committee, which is that in future, PAC will commend the Accounting Officers who do their work very well and will shame those deemed not to be performing. This will not be done in a haphazard manner. I am sure the Committee will come up with a criterion to do this. Therefore, I urge the Members of this House that if an Accounting Officer comes from your county or region and is shamed by this Committee, please, do not say that PAC is going after your person. It will just be a matter of performance."
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