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    "id": 1018093,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nyando, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jared Okelo",
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        "legal_name": "Jared Odoyo Okelo",
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    "content": " I thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a Member of the Special Funds Account Committee. I want to congratulate my Chair, Hon. Kathuri and the Members of the Committee for burning the mid night oil to come up with this Report. As has been enumerated by many of us, many people who would have otherwise dropped out of school and confined their lives into villages under shanties in deplorable state are now having renewed hope. Through bursaries, which is an annexure of NG-CDF, they are able to complete schooling, get jobs and reorganise their lives. So, the benefits that come with NG-CDF cannot be properly underscored. We also know that county governments do some miniature bursary disbursements. The problem is that, it is shrouded in mystery and opaqueness that many times you end up with people having double allocations. They benefit from both the county – because you never know the criteria that is followed – and the NG-CDF bursary. So, some people are denied an opportunity, but others get double allocation because there is no harmony in these kinds of transactions. When we were re-examining the Report from the Auditor-General, we realised that the problems experienced, not just in Kiambu, but across the nation, is lateness in submission of exonerating evidence. You will have an Auditor-General finishing his or her work, presenting the Report to the headquarters and submitting it to Parliament, yet there are critical and crucial documents that could have been presented before that Audit Committee at the ground that delay until the report comes to us. The NG-CDF managers run to us to exonerate themselves at our level on something that could have been done at the ground level. Section 16 of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act together with the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act are clear on the timeframe upon which documents can be presented for auditing. So, this is a challenge that we present to all our fund managers. They should be proactive, so that such delays are set aside. 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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