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    "id": 553420,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/553420/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Maanzo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kitonga Maanzo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, on Clause 5, there is a bit on budgeting. That is because after a financial year, it is good to know that the monies of a country have been used well. Therefore, in future, it could be that although the current qualifications are good - and I support them - it is good to go for the highest possible standards in the accounting profession. Nowadays, people have a degree in accounting. They have also gone on to do other courses in relation to accounting. Even if they have Masters or doctorate degrees, the best suited candidate should be given the opportunity, even though the guidelines provided currently by the law are good. On the part of the vacancy in the Office of the Auditor-General, the mediated version is good and follows the law, save for the duration of the replacement. In future, when we improve this law, because I am sure it will come again it is good to make it even much more efficient in terms of the time the person should be replaced to go on with the good work of auditing. That is because in audit, time is of essence. If you lose in terms of time, then the country stands to suffer, at times, irreparable damages. On the Budget Estimates and the audit of the same, it is very important for the Auditor- General’s Office to confirm that the Budget has been appropriated, how it has been used and what has not been completed so that development can be hastened. So, that office is very important in ensuring that there is efficiency in the utilization of public funds."
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