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    "id": 901295,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/901295/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 334,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Garissa Township, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Aden Duale",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 15,
        "legal_name": "Aden Bare Duale",
        "slug": "aden-duale"
    },
    "content": "The amendment to the PFM Act is from the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). The Bill seeks to amend the Act to empower the PSC to designate by resolution additional accounting officers in the PSC, in addition to the two clerks. You remember when we came in 2013 the only Accounting Officer was the Clerk of the Senate, who was the Secretary to the PSC. This situation was untenable because every decision of the National Assembly had to get approval from the Clerk of the Senate. So, in 2013, we amended the PFM Act and made the Clerk of the National Assembly an accounting officer to exclusively deal with matters of the National Assembly. The PSC is asking, through an amendment, to actualise the resolution made at its 256th Meeting held on 14th February, 2019 to appoint an accounting officer for the Joint Services Directorate, which provides services to both the National Assembly and the Senate. Currently, the Director-General (DG), who is in charge of the Joint Services Directorate has no powers. He cannot sign a cheque or incur expenditure. This is part of efforts geared towards making Parliament perform better. So, in its 256th Meeting held on 14th February, 2019, the PSC resolved that the DG shall be an accounting officer to take care of the budgetary votes within the Joint Services Directorate. I am sure the PSC appeared before the Finance Committee and …"
}