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    "id": 524819,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Katoo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, the problem we have in those institutions, including the Office of the Auditor-General whom this Bill is trying to address or empower, is that they come into the picture too late when the horse has bolted. It is not good enough to keep talking about where and how much money has been lost and service delivery compromised while the perpetrators of those crimes always drag the oversight institutions or offices in long protracted litigations. This has been witnessed before and such litigations have been frustrating. They take a lot of time and run into years and continue denying the public justice and service that they deserve. Therefore, I want to reiterate the need for us, as a House, through this Public Audit Bill, 2014, to strengthen institutional mechanisms of ensuring that most of those anomalies are detected, deterred and acted upon before it is too late. The relevant oversight agencies need to be very proactive. We need to sustain the fight against graft. This Bill also talks about financial accountability which has been the major focus of the Office of the Auditor- General. There is need to continue auditing; not just one auditing in the whole financial year. This is too bulky and in terms of time, it is not effective. Therefore, we must support the Office of the Auditor-General to do what is called continuous auditing, if we are to respond to managerial accountability and assessment on service delivery."
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