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    "id": 534141,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/534141/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
    "speaker_title": "",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 24,
        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "I beg to move:- THAT, clause 20 of the Bill be amended by— (a) deleting subclause (2) and substituting therefor the following new sub- clause— ―(2) The Auditor-General shall submit and discuss the budget estimates before the relevant committee of the National Assembly together with the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance and agree on the budgetary allocations for the coming year, not later than 30th November each year‖; (b) inserting the following new subclauses immediately after subclause (2)— ―(2A) The budget estimates agreed to under subsection (2) shall be included in the Budget Policy Statement without alterations. (2B) If changes are made to the agreed budget estimates, the Auditor-General shall inform the chairperson of the relevant committee of the National Assembly in writing not later than the 15th January in every year‖; (c) inserting a new clause immediately after clause (3)— ―(3A) Funds meant for the recurrent expenditure of the Auditor General under this section shall be disbursed to the office in equal quarterly installments.‖ With the expanded space of our governance system, we need to give the Auditor-General more resources to audit properly. Therefore, I am proposing that subclause (2) be deleted and substituted to allow the relevant committee together with the Cabinet Secretary responsible for finance to agree on the budget. What I am trying to do here is basically to avoid---"
}