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    "id": 1017979,
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    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Lilian Gogo",
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        "legal_name": "Lilian Achieng Gogo",
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    "content": "time we told our own story as MPs. This is because if we do not tell it as lions, then the hunter will get credit for what has happened. But as it is NG-CDF is literally managed by communities. It has a fund accounts manager who disburses funds, and they work together with the district accountant. NG-CDF should not be tampered with in any way. At the same time, I stand here to question why there are too many auditors auditing the accounts of NG-CDF. I just learnt today that we have an auditor from the NG-CDF Board and another from the Auditor-General’s Office. However, as I stand here, there is always an auditor auditing accounts of Rangwe NG-CDF every week. Literally, every week there is somebody auditing accounts of NG-CDF. We have one from the county, another from the sub-county, another one from Kisumu and a team from Nairobi. I think we also get a regional team that goes to audit accounts of Rangwe NG-CDF. From where I stand, the procedure is very clear on the management of this particular Fund. I echo and laud the Report that has been given by this Special Funds Accounts Committee. I also support their work and highlight various issues that affect NG-CDF. One of my colleagues has said here that the projects are identified by the community. We have provisions for making roads that go to schools but when the community wants a bus... I have found that school buses are so close to the hearts of communities. Who is the Committee to refuse what the community wants? So, there are clear procedures for managing this Fund. I would propose and suggest that the amounts be increased because previously the 2.5 per cent was obtained from the main fund but it was reduced to 2.5 per cent of what is given to the national Government. If we would have a situation where we have more money allocated to NG-CDF and more work done by NG-CDF, then this noise that goes around the Member of Parliament (MP) would stop. The MP has not done water and health projects. When it comes to a school, the MP needs to do the classrooms. When it comes to security, the MP needs to do it. There is a constituency NG-CDF Committee that handles this work. Too many Members have also been taken to court on matters that relate to NG-CDF but are not related with oversight. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we need your protection when it comes to this. The Commission needs to protect Members so that our names do not just keep going up and about courts. You find you are already taken to court on matters that do not even concern you and when you enter a judicial system, getting out is as hard as giving birth to two children at the same time. So, I appeal that we continue doing the good work we are doing with the NG-CDF, and we allocate more money but we also have this Fund embedded in the Constitution so that it lives for posterity and apart from that, it helps more and more people. When it comes to the work of day schools and NG-CDF, most of the pupils and students that go to day schools come from fairly disadvantaged communities. However, through NG-CDF, if you buy a bus, they have the same learning advantage as those who go to groups of schools because of NG-CDF. When you use NG- CDF, they are able to use classrooms that are tiled in the middle of nowhere like the children who go to the group of schools. So, I appreciate the work that has been done by the Committee and..."
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