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    "id": 707539,
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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": "The first Petition raises two issues which, to me, are very important. One of the issues is the one of the chief executive officers (CEOs) overstaying in some of those positions despite a very clear legal framework which provides the period a CEO should be in office. I am sure that is not unique only to this institution. As a House and part of our oversight role, it is important most of these parastatals are monitored so that we do not have situations where CEOs overstay. At the end of the day, there are a bit of irregularities which have not been monitored. The second issue which is very important is of audited accounts. We know these institutions are funded through taxes; through the Consolidated Fund. It is unfortunate that even the public out there have to go to an extent of submitting a petition to this House to demand that accounts of such institutions should be audited while we know there is a whole audit unit which takes care of corporate institutions. In addition, there is the Public Investments Committee (PIC) of this House. I think that Petition kind of brings up issues challenging those two institutions; our own PIC and the Government institution in charge of auditing Government corporations. It is a very important Petition. The Committee in charge of that Petition should take this matter very seriously and fast track it so that we find out exactly what is happening. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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