12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
Lastly, the reason we get recurrent observations by the Auditor-General is because there is horrendous disregard for accountability by the accounting officers. The same mistakes are repeated every year by the accounting officers, because it does not matter what the offences are if nothing is done. We need to address that, so that the volume of the Auditor-General’s report reduces from about 300 to 400 pages to, maybe, just 50 pages. Then PAC will be able to run through it in a month or two and not in nine months.
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5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Bill.
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5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
Why would he intervene when I have just begun speaking?
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5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would plead with my colleagues on the other side to consult in low tones, so that we can hear each other; we always hear them when they speak. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to oppose this amendment for the reason that in my understanding, and because of my age now and given that I have travelled around this world, we must allow citizens to express, in their own way, their patriotism. Let us allow patriotism to flow freely. One of the main ways in which people express patriotism is that they know ...
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5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
Marginalization is one---
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5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
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5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I will appreciate if hon. Mbadi listens for a minute.
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5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are so good; you should be the substantive Speaker.
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5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is intended just to disrupt.
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5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even though I rise to oppose the Bill, I want to thank hon. Keynan for bringing it. I am distressed that the discussion around it is not dealing with the merits and demerits of the proposed amendment. We have been driven adrift by focusing on governors and so on. We should eliminate that sentiment. It belittles an otherwise very important issue about the symbolism of national unity and patriotism; let us just focus on the merits and demerits of it.
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