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    "speaker_name": "Bonchari, UPA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Charles Onchoke",
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    "content": "In addition to that, there are no pending bills for all the 290 constituencies for the projects and expenditures incurred by the NG-CDF. But if you look at the national and county governments, the pending bills are terrible. We are talking an upward of five billion, and this is something that is worrying in this country in terms of fiscal management. Hon. Temporary Speaker, having looked at what is being proposed to be anchored in the Constitution such as the NG-CDF, the National Government Affirmative Action Fund, the Senate Oversight Fund, the Economic Stimulus and Empowerment Fund, we need to be careful here. I want to propose that we probably need some caucus to look at the details, so that we do not meet pitfalls ahead. I really get scared when I hear Members talking about headwinds ahead because it will be a terrible mistake for this country in any way to affect the performance/flow of the NG-CDF. It will affect very many lives and regions, and I do not know where we will be. As it has been noted, if you go to any part of the country, you are likely to see a footprint of the NG-CDF everywhere. You cannot speak about the other funds that we have in the nation. On the Senate Oversight Fund, as the caucus is going to be looking at the details, they should be careful. It will be risky to earmark a revenue of funds for the Senate Oversight, because even the National Assembly carries out oversight. Are you therefore saying that it is only Senate that carries out oversight? We might be making a mistake here, and therefore, it needs to be looked at carefully. We must find the right language or a way of dealing with it, or just have it as administrative. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have heard a lot of Members proposing that we need to add the amount of NG-CDF and double it from the current 2.5 per cent to 5 per cent. We must be careful here, because the 2.5 per cent that we are currently dealing with is based on the revenue in totality that is collected for the entire nation. So, the base is bigger. However, in the proposal, it is going to be based on the revenue that is shared with the national government, and so, the base is smaller. The 5 per cent does not necessarily translate to the double the amount that you are looking for. We probably need to increase it to 6 or 7 per cent if our objective is to achieve double the amount that we are currently dealing with."
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