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"content": "observations that the National Treasury should adhere to Section 4 of the NG-CDF Act, 2015 as amended in 2016 by ensuring that the 2.5 per cent of the national shareable revenue has been remitted to the CDF within the specified period of a financial year. Secondly, the Committee recommended that the National Treasury should ensure that the Ksh4.9 billion being arrears for the previous financial years is released without any delay in order for the implementation of the projects to be undertaken. Those projects have not been implemented because of these arrears. In any case, once this Report is adopted, the National Treasury will be obligated to release these funds. It has become clear that the Treasury never released these funds. Therefore, you cannot audit or investigate what has not been expended. So, it is a straightforward matter. It is very clear the National Treasury is supposed to release these funds. It is going to raise what is due to Members in the constituencies. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with these few remarks, I would like to remind Members that while we have this challenge of arrears, the National Treasury has already released the full amount for the first quarter, amounting to Ksh10.4 billion. This is supposed to go to constituencies but not all constituencies have submitted proposals. We have about 40 constituencies that have not submitted proposals for considerations so that funds can be released to them. The other ones have been under consideration but funds have been released to about 40 of them. The board is meeting every week - I think on Friday tomorrow and next week Thursday - to consider those proposals and then funds will be released to the constituencies. However, I appeal to colleagues who have not submitted project proposals to do the same. You are the people that occasion these arrears when you are left behind and funds will not be released to your constituencies. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I therefore appreciate the National Treasury towards that. I think we have done well this time, and if this continues, we got to make sure that by December we have got 50 per cent of the funds and we complete 100 per cent early next year during the first quarter. Constituencies should implement the NG-CDF projects without disruption or any hindrance. Having said that, I would like to move and ask the distinguished Member for Butula to second, Hon Joseph Oyula."
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