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    "speaker_name": "Mr. C. Onyancha",
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        "legal_name": "Charles Onyancha",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to second this Motion and agree with the sentiments of our Chairman, hon. Dr. Khalwale, on the matters he has put forward before this House. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to add a few observations. One of the problems with regard to this Committee is obtaining on time Treasury Memoranda. This is an issue which has been raised over many years, but action on it has been wanting over all those years. The next issue which I want to bring to the attention of the House is about imprests. The issue about imprests cuts across all Ministries. There are regulations from the Treasury that imprest should be surrendered within 48 hours of return from a trip, but unfortunately, in many cases this has not been the case. We commend the Accounting Officers in many Ministries who have tried to impose this rule and ensure that it works. But we also call upon other Accounting Officers who have not managed to collect imprests to do so, especially with respect to officers who have been transferred from various Ministries to others and those ones who have retired, as well as from politicians."
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