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    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me begin by congratulating and appreciating Hon. Mulyungi for a Report well done on behalf of the Decentralised Funds Accounts Committee, which is basically looking at the accounts and operations of the NG-CDF. The NG-CDF is a very important arm of the national Government funds that go to our constituencies, and one that reaches the lowest level of this country. It is one of the most important funds, given the type of work it does, especially in the education sector and other sectors that are under the NG-CDF. I also want to indicate that the recommendations of this Report are very well placed and relevant to what we usually see in the field when we are there. As I support this Report, there are a few items I would wish to speak on. First, the Committee should have brought us a paragraph – not just a small paragraph but a big paragraph – on oversight and Oversight Fund. This is because the Oversight Fund that we have proposed and which is put at a very small per cent, one, is what would enable the MP to do the work that should be done in terms of overseeing the fund account manager and the team that is running the NG-CDF. Chairman of the Committee, in future, I want you to give some real concentration on the Oversight Fund so that it is strengthened and given powers. In some of the constituencies, the fund account managers do not like the creation of the Oversight Committee, and that is where we would get our solace in terms of overseeing the Fund. Hon. Temporary Speaker, in totality, I support the issue of overhauling the law that governs the bursaries. This is because the law and the per cent terms that are governing the bursaries were made long time ago. Those per cent terms are sometimes allowed as low as 30 per cent of the total allocation of the NG-CDF, but you realise that within time and overtime, we have added the NG-CDF. We need to look at that and review it so that the needs of the people possibly, like in my area where bursary is depended on, all the time are given a good chunk or per cent term of that particular Fund. Then moving forward, we can balance and harmonies the other areas accordingly. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the other area I would wish to make a comment on is their recommendation on the re-allocation of funds. The Committee observed very well that, in some instances, we have had fund account managers reallocate the use of funds from one project to another without getting direct pre-authorisation or some form of authorisation from the Board, which is very common. I, however, want to request the committee that will be dealing with this that this can also be included or taken over by the Chairperson of the NG-CDF, because he deals with the Board directly. That whenever we take certain projects to the Board for re- 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."
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