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Parliament Control of Administrative Authority

Parliament controls administrative authority in three main ways: oversight of executive functions, oversight of public spending, and oversight of legislation. Oversight of executive functions is done through parliamentary questions to ministers, debates, and committees that question key public areas. Oversight of public spending is done by approving budgets and finance acts, and ensuring spending aligns with budgets through committees. The final method is oversight of legislation, where most laws are government-inspired so parliament must debate and approve bills.

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Parliament Control of Administrative Authority

Parliament controls administrative authority in three main ways: oversight of executive functions, oversight of public spending, and oversight of legislation. Oversight of executive functions is done through parliamentary questions to ministers, debates, and committees that question key public areas. Oversight of public spending is done by approving budgets and finance acts, and ensuring spending aligns with budgets through committees. The final method is oversight of legislation, where most laws are government-inspired so parliament must debate and approve bills.

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Parliament control of administrative authority.

Parliament control of administrative althourity are done in different ways namely oversight on
executive functions, oversight on public spending and oversight of legislation.

Oversight over executive functions is principally done in three ways namely through parliament
questions to ministers, debates in parliament and through parliamentary committees.
Parliamentary questions provide members from all political parties an opportunity to
interrogate ministers on current issues and events. Through parliamentary questions
backbenchers raise their concerns publicly and anticipate ministerial answers. Secondly, the
control of administrative authority through oversight over executive functions is done through
parliamentary debates where standing orders present an opportunity to debate. Members can
seek leave from the speaker to hold debate on matters of public importance. Thirdly, the
control of administrative authority through oversight over executive functions is done through
parliamentary committees where normally the committee comprise of all political parties. The
material role of the committee in question is to oversee key areas of public life such as health,
education inter Alia. The committees are composed of members of parliament possessing
certain qualifications and expertise relevant to the committees mandate.

Contorols of of administrative authority can as well be done through oversight over public
spending as the second method. Members of parliament approve expenditure through
enactment of finance control and management Act. Parliament also approves annual budget
bills through enactment of appropriation Act. The ideal situation is to avoid supplementary
budgets so that the appropriation Act is comprehensive. Supplementary appropriation should
only be accepted in matters of emergency. Another way by which National Assembly controls
exercise of administrativeauthority is through the Public accounts committee. The Public
Accounts Committee ensures that public expenditure is in line with the approved budgets. The
Auditor General submits report to Parliament for scrutiny. Administrators are called to appear
before the public accounts committee to answer queries on spending.

Thirdly, the other third method utilised by the parliament to control the administrative
authority is the oversight over legislation. The vast majority laws are government inspired. It is
therefore of great importance for the members of parliament to debate bills and approve them.

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