Entry Instance

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD, OPTIONS
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 1092437,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1092437/?format=api",
    "text_counter": 194,
    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 291,
        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
        "slug": "athanas-wamunyinyi"
    },
    "content": "I wish these Members could consult in low tones. I thought it is important Members to get this because it affects all of us. With your permission, at the beginning of the year we held a joint Sitting between the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Committee and the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. This was after the National Treasury released Ksh5.7 billion to the Ministry of Education towards enhancing infrastructure in our schools in the country. This was one of the requirements to comply with protocol that had been set by the Ministry of Health. So, in an effort to harmonise so that whatever NG-CDF was going to contribute and what the Ministry of Education was to contribute to schools is known and that there is no duplication or confusion about funding, my Committee and that of Hon. Florence Mutua held a joint Sitting and we agreed that the Ministry of Education should disclose the criteria they were going to use for the development of schools, construction of classrooms in schools in the country with the Ksh5.7 billion. We had initially proposed that the money should be released through NG-CDF so that it goes to constituencies whose leaders know where there are problems which needed to be solved. But the Ministry was not willing to release the money through the NG-CDF. So, we agreed the Departmental Committee on Education and Research to pursue the same with the Ministry so that a criterion is given on how the funds were going to be allocated, the schools that were going to benefit, and the amounts that would be given to the schools. My colleague, Hon. Florence, would be in a better position to respond to that. The Ksh5.7 billion which was released at the beginning of the year would have done a big job towards creating more space in our schools. Alongside that, we have funds that have been allocated through NG-CDF. It is clear anyone can tell how much has been spent on every school and towards what project through NG-CDF. So, we do not have a problem with NG-CDF. On the issue of raising funds so that we meet the requirement to ensure we meet 100 per cent transition in our schools as a contribution from NG- CDF, it is the House here that appropriates. It is the House that works with the National Treasury to pass the Budget. In fact, this is what has caused delay. We are still working on the ceiling with the Board and the Department of Planning at the National Treasury so that we come up with a clear… We are seeking a slight increase. What was given last year is Ksh137 million. We have been asking to have the amount increased a little from within the budget given to the Board. I 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."
}