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    "id": 683477,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/683477/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mulu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 1955,
        "legal_name": "Benson Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank PAC for the detailed Report it has presented to this House. In the past, these Reports have experienced very long delays. We are only two years in terms of backlog and the Committee can now fast-track the implementation. It will be good for us to get timely reports of Government accounts from the previous year. I am saying this because our Constitution and Public Finance Management (PFM) Act provide that it is only audited reports approved by this House that can be used to determine the amount of money to be allocated to counties, and the amount to remain with the national Government. Debating a Report that is two years behind means that we have challenges in terms of sharing national revenue. As a House, we should help this country by pushing the Accounting Officers so that we can get recent Reports. We have tried in the last two years because this House has deliberately increased the allocation to the Auditor-General’s Office to enable him increase the number of staff to ensure that audit work is carried out without delays. We have also, as a Budget Committee, tried to some extent, to push ministries to account for the money"
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