34 The provisions of Section 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Audit Office Act [Chapter 22:18] are unclear and leave Parliament in general and the Public Accounts Committee in particular, hanging at the discretion of the relevant Minister whose state enterprise or local authority has been subjected to an inquiry.
35 In the Committee’s view, the Audit Office Act needs to be harmonized with the Constitution. In particular the Audit Office Act must recognise the sacrosanctity of the oversight role of Parliament codified in Section 119.
36 The Committee proposes that the Audit Office Act should be amended to allow the following:
37 The Standing Orders need amendment so that they make it clear that there is no privilege for those that are appearing before a Parliamentary Committee to give evidence.
38 The Committee acknowledges the setting up of the Central Internal Audit Unit whose function among other things is to receive all internal audit reports. The reports should be transmitted to the Auditor General and to Parliament, consistent with regional best practices.
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