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    "id": 1214952,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, these schedules will be part of the Budget and Appropriations Committee's Supplemental Estimates Report, and Members will be able to see what has been paid under Article 223 of the Constitution, what has been authorised, and what has been rejected. After that, it will be interesting to note - and I would want to attract the attention of this House's departmental and oversight committees - the Budget and Appropriations Committee's rejection recommendation. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I say that as a former Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. In 2018, the Committee I chaired occasioned the rejection of the Ruaraka land payment of Ksh1.5 billion and, automatically, such a rejection means that becomes an audit issue. Therefore, it would be interesting for Members to note the rejections proposed by the Budget and Appropriations Committee, because they have a huge bearing on the work of oversight Committees of this House and some of the Departmental Committees. I want to challenge them to take those challenges and the issues that will be raised by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The third Paper I have laid out is an update from the National Treasury and the Office of Economic Planning on the funding of the NG-CDF. The Member for Embakasi East, who is also a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, has sparked an animated discussion in our WhatsApp groups. It is good because I can see the Chair of the NG-CDF walking in. I would like to request that he familiarise himself with the Paper that I have laid on the Table so that he can inform Members of all disbursements that have been made by the National Treasury to date. The National Treasury has disbursed funds to the NG-CDF Board as of this morning. Consequently, the NG-CDF Board should, through the Committee, begin disbursing cash to the constituencies. I hope that the National Treasury is also working towards the release of the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) as promised at the beginning of this month. I have assurance from the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning that Ksh6 billion was distributed following the Mombasa meeting. I believe they are current as of the third week of the month. I want to encourage them to continue. I think they are up to date being the third week of the month. Along with our Committee, the NG-CDF Board should expedite the allocation of funds to constituencies so that our residents can receive the services that they have been lacking. With that, I beg to lay all these papers. As I mentioned earlier, Article 223 of the Constitution is usually the genesis of mega corruption in this country. As a House that is charged with the mandate to oversight the Government, we must exercise our authority. That is why I want to challenge our oversight committees and the relevant departmental committees. Some of the payments have been made under Article 223 and, as is normal in this nation, there is typically a sprint and a looting spree of Government coffers in the final days of any rule or leading up to every election. The most recent election was no different. The scandal involving the Ruaraka land occurred just before the 2017 elections. Kenyans would be horrified by the extent of stealing and impunity…"
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