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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, I wish to thank you for your Considered Ruling. Even as I thank you, I wish to rise under Standing Order No.191 read together with the Standing Order No.205 to kindly seek your intervention on a matter which is of grave concern to PAC. Just allow me to indulge you a little by taking you to Article 203 of the Constitution, which requires that the sharing of the revenue raised nationally between the two levels of the Government shall be calculated from the most recently audited accounts of revenue received and approved by the National Assembly. The Constitution under Article 229(4) spells out the timelines for the processing of the Government’s annual accounts. If you will indulge me, it says that:- “(4) Within six months after the end of each financial year, the Auditor-General shall audit and report, in respect of that financial year, on— (a) the accounts of the national and county governments; (b) the accounts of all funds and authorities of the national and county governments; (c) the accounts of all courts; (d) the accounts of every commission and independent office established by this Constitution; (e) the accounts of the National Assembly, the Senate and the county assemblies; (f) the accounts of political parties funded from public funds; (g) the public debt; and (h) the accounts of any other---” Article 229(8) provides that:- “(8) Within three months after receiving an audit report, Parliament or the county assembly shall debate and consider the report and take appropriate action”. I am bringing this matter to you because those constitutional provisions presuppose that if we are, indeed, to meet the constitutional deadlines, then we need to have the full cooperation from the various accounting officers."
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