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    "content": "most corrupt person and he would be taken to the national stadium of Accra. This man would then be executed. Standards on corruption in Ghana are very high. Secondly, we will call upon Parliament to ensure that having got a good President, we also make sure that the President has a good controller of the budget. That will mean when his appointment is brought to this House under the new Constitution, this Parliament must discharge its responsibility of vetting thoroughly. The same standard should be applied to the Auditor-General. If we achieve that, we will make a difference. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally there is the issue of legislation. I have been studying the legislation in Uganda which helped to bring the young nation that had come from war into a state that has respect for public funds. They have a beautiful legislation. I have studied it and will soon be asking this House to debate on it so that we see if we can introduce that standard. The standard is that in the National Assembly of Uganda, there is a flying squad of police attached to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). This is how the flying squad works; when the Chairman of the PAC is in the blue chair in Room 9 and witnesses are there and Members of Parliament are seated, there are two special seats for police officers in uniform. These are members of the flying squad. They come there with handcuffs. The moment the PAC discovers that the Accounting Officer has issues to be investigated by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) or the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC), for example, this man is arrested on the spot and taken in, to record a statement. If he cannot argue out his case, he remains there and ends up in jail. The purpose of these things is supposed to be a deterrent. If we do these we will not lose our money the way we are losing. Thank you and I beg to move."
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