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    "id": 639337,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/639337/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
        "slug": "ababu-namwamba"
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    "content": "Until this standard is brought up to-date so that we can talk about the very latest audited accounts, I would be very reluctant to get all excited like the Leader of the Majority was while moving this Bill and celebrate figures like 34 per cent when in fact, we are calculating that statistic on the basis of figures that are definitely not up to-date. This places a challenge on this House to ensure that somehow, we must make every effort to respect and implement the audit cycle as set out in Article 229 of the Constitution. That Article sets a very strict nine months cycle, which includes the work of Accounting Officers, the Auditor-General and this House. 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.” This Article of the Constitution is one that we have repeatedly violated. We continue to violate because we are not living within that strict cycle set by the Constitution. Let us also take the challenge of ensuring that we update audited accounts."
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