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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ogolla",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Ochanda Ogolla",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to state that one of the greatest safeguards that our Constitution gave in terms of public finance is the Office of the Controller of Budget. It arose from a background where the administration of the Budget was not very clear. We had expenditure from Ministries and then direct to issues of audit. What was happening in between the Budget allocations and expenditures and the final audit was missing. In my view, this is a very great provision that we need to look at with a lot of emphasis. I support the Bill largely because it comes up with certain strengths that have been missing. Some of these strengths include Clause 6 where we have a chain of arrangements in terms of how one can monitor the flow and administer how money is spent in the country. For example, if you look at Clause 6(2)(a), we are talking about the office looking through the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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