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    "id": 927281,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/927281/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nambale, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Sakwa Bunyasi",
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        "legal_name": "John Sakwa Bunyasi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to contribute to this Motion. I like what the Chairman outlined in terms of the fact that they have now succeeded in getting a firm to audit the Auditor-General. But I think it would have been instructive if he had outlined why it is that several times firms were unresponsive. Is there something that you may know as PAC that, perhaps, we do not know? It is worrisome if firms are unwilling to undertake such a major task, which I am sure they can successfully bid profitably. Remember we are going back all the way to 2014. That is really far back. It really says a lot about how we manage our affairs. I am glad that you have finally got an audit firm to do this. Two, I wish that the years that are to be covered had a natural cycle in them. We have a natural cycle before us. The Auditor-General’s term is due to end, as you said, within a month, certainly during the period in which the 2018/2019 accounts are also being put together. If they follow the practice that we have, then by end of September those accounts should be ready to be looked at. I wish it could be amended although because of procurement issues it may be difficult. If it could, it would be a good way of closing up the total period remaining under this Auditor- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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