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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Nyamweya",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Manson Oyongo Nyamweya",
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    "content": "Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to support this Report. I am a Member of this Committee. We took a lot of time when we were preparing this Report. Accounting Officers appeared before us. We interrogated them. They also explained to us how they have used the money. What I want to bring out is that this Committee is one of the Committees, since Independence, which has managed to do three financial reports in one year. That is what we have done as a Committee. There has been a lot of talk about this Committee, but as we go through this Report, you will realize that it clearly shows how the Government Ministries have used the revenue collected. My main concern is with regard to revenue collection. There are instances where the Auditor-General was unable to explain certain issues, perhaps, because he was not given enough answers on some revenue which was raised and how that revenue was used. I urge the Members of this National Assembly to read through this Report so that they can understand exactly what we have recommended. We could speak out there in the public in a manner to attack this Committee that it does not do any work and yet, truly speaking, all those are mere allegations. If you read through these reports, you will see the extent of our work. The reports contain issues of confidential expenditure. For example, we have come out clearly on what should be done. That proposal is contained in these reports. We have given what needs to be done to the Accounting Officer and to the person who was the Finance Manager or Accountant at that time. So, this Report is really detailed and I urge Members to read it so that they understand what we need to do and what we have done for this country. Hon. Speaker, I want to raise an issue here which is critical. There are situations where the Auditor-General is unable to state what happened to revenue. However, if you look at the amount of money involved, you realize it is huge. For instance, you could find that 80 per cent of the revenue raised by the Government is not properly accounted for. We have come up with a system that demands that the Accounting Officers be held responsible. The Leader of the Majority Party is talking about Members not having confidence in the Chairman. We sat because we are a House of rules. 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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