This week has seen an unprecedented move by the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament to hold public hearings on the 2004 Auditor General's report.
I truly commend parliament for such an audacious move, which to me really makes public, the work of the committee.
Apart from the obvious awareness this creates for the work of the legislature, the revelations have been startling and amazing!!!
So far, three ministries, the Ministry of Tourism & Diaspora relations, Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Road Transport, have faced the probing questions of committee members, with the result being instructive insights into the sometimes haphazard manner spending is made at the concerned.
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The Ministry of Local government is taking its turn today, with the Attorney General set to appear to answer questions on how a docket on an offending official at the transport ministry was never acted upon.
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Yo, what's your take on the secretaries of the four main parties asking that the law on causing financial loss to the state be scrapped?
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