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    "id": 1128916,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kanduyi, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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        "legal_name": "Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi",
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    "content": "amounts to Kshs2,040,000,000 while 260 constituencies have received between 25 per cent and 32 per cent of the funds disbursed by the National Treasury. This totals to Kshs11.1 billion which has been sent to the constituencies that have not received 50 per cent of their allocation. The reason for this scenario was that the submissions of the proposals were not done at the same time. Further release of funds from the National Treasury was also not done at the same time. It is on a first- come, first-served basis. An amount of Ksh1 billion has been disbursed to the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) Secretariat and Board for administrative purposes. A total of Kshs6 billion, which has been received in the past three weeks, including Kshs2 billion last week, has not been disbursed to the constituencies. Constituencies that have only received 25 per cent to 32 per cent of their total allocation will receive their full allocation for the first quarter. The first quarter is now fully disbursed to the constituencies. The second quarter will now be released to those constituencies, so that we are all at Kshs68 million. During a recent meeting two or three weeks ago, the Cabinet Secretary appeared before my Committee where he stated that he understood that this was a unique year because we will have elections next year and every effort is being made to ensure that all monies due to the constituencies would have been dispatched by the National Treasury by February. This is an undertaking that I am sure we will need to follow up on to ensure it happens. We are trying to ensure that no monies are rolled forward to a new financial year after the elections because of the problems and challenges that we all understand. There may be new Members of Parliament (MPs) in some constituencies and old ones in others and, so, following up from the previous year will not be easy when funds have not been released. Even implementation of projects will have issues. There is also an issue of pending arrears of Kshs4.9 billion. You are also aware that we established a sub-committee in our Committee to investigate how those monies were carried forward from the previous years. That report was tabled before the House, which debated it and passed a resolution that the matter needs to be captured in the upcoming supplementary budget, so that it can be sorted out. There are constituencies that have not received up to about Kshs10 million to Kshs15 million. The Select Committee on Implementation has taken up the Resolution of the House. The Budget and Appropriations Committee has also been informed. I am reliably informed that the State Department for Planning has also captured the same and it is being addressed for purposes of the Supplementary Budget due before the House some time to come. I appreciate the role played by my friend, the Leader of Majority. He has been very consistent. I know he is interested in this, but he has been pushing the National Treasury. Whenever I have encountered problems with the Cabinet Secretary, he has always been available for a phone call or even a walk to the National Treasury to make sure that the funds are on their way. I appeal to the Leader of the Majority Party not to tire. We are now getting to a critical moment. Between now and February, there is 50 per cent that will be released. I wish the National Treasury would release funds for the third and fourth quarters by January, if they are able, so that Members have ample time before the real campaigns start. Those funds would help to implement projects, ensure that all projects in the constituencies are fully implemented and that there is no question of arrears or money being rolled over to the subsequent financial year. This year, our success as a Parliament will be in terms of how we have implemented the projects. 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."
}