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    "id": 1053661,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1053661/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Uriri, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mark Nyamita",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Mark Ogolla Nyamita",
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    "content": "I heard the Leader of the Majority Party and the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee explain to Members the issue of the NG-CDF. One of the points that is not coming out clearly, which probably Members need to understand, is the following: At the close of the last Financial Year 2019/2020, the NG-CDF Board had not released about Kshs14 billion. So, when we went into the budgeting cycle for the 2020/2021 Financial Year, the current financial year, we budgeted for the NG-CDF for this financial year without taking into consideration the arrears of Kshs14 billion. So, that was one of the things that escaped all of us here. But it was probably not brought even by the NG-CDF Board. So, what Members need to understand is that, indeed, we went to this financial year with a whole Kshs14 billion for the previous financial year. So, when we came into this financial year, the total allocation for the NG-CDF was Kshs41 billion, but the Kshs41 billion, even if it were to be disbursed as a whole as of today, we will still be having the whole of Kshs14 billion for the previous financial year. So, this is what happened. There are Members in this House, for reasons that they know, for example, Hon. Millie, who had arrears from previous years. So, when we received money for this financial year, Hon. Millie has confirmed to us that she received as lump sum of about Kshs69 million. So, this is essentially what happens. When Hon. Limo says that we should be…"
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