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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ogindo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 120,
        "legal_name": "Martin Otieno Ogindo",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, the new payment system is a good one because it is promising efficiency. However, the manner of implementation is so abrupt that it is disrupting business all over. Like any other new initiative, I expected it would have been test run parallel to the outgoing method, so that we appreciate its efficiency and efficacy before we fully implement it. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to express fear about this new system. It is important that there is transparency in the way transactions are done. The way I see it really involves very few people before a payment is done. Fears are that in the event that there is conspiracy to abuse this system, it will take too long to know whether money has been misappropriated. To that extent, I want to ask the Minister for Finance to go ahead and issue guidelines on how audit of this money will be done. We want to see a system where this money is audited internally. We do not want to see the post-humous audit that tells us how much money was misappropriated. We want a system of audit that will stop misappropriation of money. As it stands now, it is easy for any Ministry working in conspiracy with the Treasury and the CBK, to misappropriate funds through this system. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other issue I want to raise with the Minister is that along the economic stimulus programme, we agreed with the Minister for Finance that the roads money will come on a similar framework. As we stand now, very little has been heard about this. As I speak now, our roads are in very bad shape. We need this money and the guidelines to come up in good time, so that we can plan with the remaining six months of the financial year. The other thing I want to say is on the Development Vote. We will recall that when we were discussing the Vote on Accounts, some of us, were on the forefront trying to reduce it to less than 60 per cent. As we are today, we have five months down the financial year. The way I see it, is that there are so many programmes and contracts going on in the Development Vote. I have fears that most of these development projects might not be successfully implemented. I would want the Minister, in his response, to allay fears all these contracted projects will be completed. I want to give an example of Kendu-Bay-Homa Bay Road in my constituency. The contract sum is Kshs3.3billion. The contract period is 30 months. However, the allocation for this financial year was Kshs300 million. Going at that rate, one gets the impression that it will take 10 years to implement it. The fear of my constituents in Rangwe is that this project might not be completed in the contract period as stipulated. I would want the Minister to confirm that these projects will be completed. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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