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    "id": 1017958,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1017958/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "Hon. Speaker, it is disturbing. Some people who want to contest for parliamentary seats just look for somebody to blackmail. If there are any audit queries, the person who is accountable and responsible is the fund manager. Recently, we saw on television the Lari MP and Malindi MP being taken to court. I have been wondering where the connection is. It is important for the Auditor-General and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to understand the law. The CDF Act was amended and is now the NG-CDF where an MP has no responsibility when it comes to expenditure. They only oversee. The kind of embarrassment we are seeing is something that has to be sorted out. As we move forward, project identification is supposed to be done using the bottom-up approach. Many times some projects are identified in schools during the Annual General Meetings (AGM). I have had a situation in my constituency where the school wanted a school bus just because the neighbouring school had one. When it came to the NG-CDF for approval, it was rejected. I am now calling upon our Special Funds Committee…The CDF Board should be told that since projects are identified using the bottom-up approach, they should approve whatever project has been identified by the community because it is not the MP who decides. They will tell you in the AGM that they do not want a certain project, and that they want a school bus just like others, only to hear that the school buses have motivating factors."
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