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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, FORD–K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Vincent Kemosi",
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        "legal_name": "Vincent Kemosi Mogaka",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support the Motion. Article 226(4) of the Constitution gives the National Assembly power to appoint professionally qualified accountants to audit the books of accounts for the Office of the Auditor- General. The same Constitution has also mandated the office of the Auditor-General to carry out audits and file reports on the books of accounts of various Government ministries, departments, parastatals, constitutional commissions, the NG-CDF offices and other public entities, in ensuring that public funds are well utilised. I also wish to commend the Committee for the good work it has done in ensuring that the Office of the Auditor-General has an accountant who is professionally qualified to carry out the audit and file the reports of the 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 Financial Years for the three-year period for which reports have not been filed. Since we are now in 2019, I also wish that the same is extended so that the accountant who has been appointed is able to file the reports of the remaining period. By doing so, we will be sure that the office of the Auditor-General, which has the mandate of carrying out audits of other Government ministries and departments, is also audited so that we can be very sure that they also spend public funds as is required. The Committee has also done a commendable job since the past three years; they have not been able to appoint an independent and professionally qualified accountant simply because there was an issue of conflict of interest and unresponsiveness of the bids they had earlier advertised. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we now have a professionally qualified accountant, 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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