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    "id": 611821,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo",
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        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, looking at the Bill again, we have, under Clause 25, a body called “Audit Advisory Board”. Looking at the functions of this body and its membership, one is tempted to think that this body, as provided for in this Bill, is actually an indirect way of eroding the independence of the Office of the Auditor General. I have tried to look at this Bill clause by clause. I am also convinced that Clause 20, as currently framed does not, in my view, guarantee the Office of the Auditor-General the required financial autonomy for meaningful independence. Hon. Members have spoken here on the need for the Office of the Auditor- General to be given financial independence. The functions of the Office of the Auditor General are critical. We have seen the pillage of wastage that every year the Office of the Auditor General uncovers. Of course, I agree that if we make the functions of internal audit more efficient, some of the issues that the Auditor General uncovers year in, year out might be minimised. With the functions that we are trying to give to the Auditor General in this Bill, Clause 20 needs to be looked at with a view to giving that Office the requisite financial autonomy that would enable it to discharge its functions."
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