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    "id": 1018090,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Gatanga, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Nduati",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Nduati Ngugi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to support what Hon. T.J. has said but since I am on the Floor, I would like to contribute. The NG-CDF is the best fund in this country. I am recommending that we adopt this model in the national Government. With the NG-CDF, as a businessman executing a project, you are sure that the funds are available and the project is alive. You only need speed to execute the project. That is opposite of whatever is happening in the counties; you are not sure whether a project is there. When it comes to payment, you have to plead with people, starting with junior people up to governorship level. At least with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), you are sure. For county projects, you are at the mercy of people. The NG-CDF in our constituencies is the only visible Fund. At least, we are able to fund schools, security projects, and administrative offices projects. There is nothing to see from the county in my constituency. To make the NG-CDF better, I suggest as follows: We standardise drawings – it used to happen in the past in the Ministry of Public Works where we had standard drawings for schools, security projects, offices for chiefs and assistant chiefs and Assistant County Commissioners – so that when one comes here and claims that they would undertake a class project for Ksh500,000, we will have something to compare with. The same will apply on specifications. Even if we come from different places, at least, we need to compare. I have seen some Members, through social media, undertaking projects which are not maintenance free. I have seen colleagues painting schools, especially the exterior. That is not recommended. When you paint schools, it means that parents will continue suffering. They cannot afford do that every year. This is something that we need to agree with the boards. There is no need of wasting public funds. 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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