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    "id": 1018081,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1018081/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mogotio, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Daniel Tuitoek",
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        "legal_name": "Daniel Kamuren Tuitoek",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. Members have testified about the success of the NG-CDF model in moving the development agenda of the nation in many constituencies. The expectation of the citizens is that Members of Parliament construct roads, build hospitals and schools, provide water, and even connect power to their households. This is an area that the Committee needs to look at. The Act specifies that at least 2.5 per cent of the budget goes to investment. Currently, the NG- CDF focuses on development. About 90 per cent goes to development expenditure while 10 per cent goes to recurrent expenditure. However, the youth sector is underfunded with just about 2 per cent in sports. There is need for an amendment to increase this to about 10 per cent, so that talents can be tapped. There is need to cover the ICT sector in the Act. We have been requested to put up ICT centres, but the recurrent expenditure on that is not covered. There is need for an amendment so that the NG-CDF committees can hire staff to run the centres once they are constructed. Most of the institutions such as universities and schools are running courses online and the use of resource centres would be ideal especially to students from the rural areas. Currently, we do not have a recurrent expenditure to cover staff who run the ICT centres. We should amend the Act, so that committees can recruit ICT technicians to man the centres. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have other funds such as the Uwezo Fund and the Youth Enterprise Development Fund that are not making any impact in the grassroots. They need to borrow from the NG-CDF model so that the youth can benefit. The youth are not currently benefiting from the two funds because they are a bit restrictive. These functions are run by officers at the Executive branch, but if we have committees running them and we oversee them, the youth can benefit and utilise the funds effectively. I understand the Act is not entrenched in the Constitution. We have heard that once the BBI is adopted, a ward fund will be created and the NG-CDF will be phased out. We should focus on the functions of the NG-CDF, which are infrastructure for primary and secondary schools and security. These are functions of the national Government. How will these functions be captured if we created a ward fund that will be under the counties? Counties have their own budgets and they can create their own ward funds without interfering with the NG-CDF. That is an area that Members should be careful on any amendments that will be introduced to the Constitution so that we do not lose the NG-CDF. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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