{"id":680375,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/680375/?format=json","text_counter":255,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. A.B. Duale","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":15,"legal_name":"Aden Bare Duale","slug":"aden-duale"},"content":"Article 221 is on investigations on own initiative. If you look at the PFM Act, 2012 as well as the Public Finance Regulations passed by this House and any other written laws within the financial sector, you will find that there are penalties for violation of public finance laws and judicial mechanism is very elaborate. We cannot give an extra function on criminal investigation to the controller of Budget. In law, the Controller of Budget is supposed to bring reports to Parliament. If the President asks for a report she will give it but if Parliament asks for a report, she will appear before Parliament. However, the Controller of Budget cannot have criminal investigation powers. She will report. That is the function of the Auditor-General. The Auditor-General will say this has happened and that will be picked by EACC and the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI), as simple as that."}