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    "id": 1238886,
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    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": "Most of the time, the fund account managers are transferred. In some constituencies, even up to recently, the offices of the fund account managers who are supposed to be working with the committee are vacant. Hence, it takes almost one year for something meaningful to take place. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the disbursement of the NG-CDF money is a very slow process to an extent that it affects the operations. That is why this Report, which we are dealing with, is 10 years ago. When the funds are delayed, it becomes problematic even in the implementation of the said projects. I do not support standardisation of projects in constituencies because they are different. So, we cannot have a blanket agreement to implement our projects in a standard way. We cannot standardise. Let every constituency work with the funds given according to their needs and local materials available as long as the money is utilised efficiently. I do not support the idea of having a fixed figure for materials to build a classroom in a constituency. This is because some constituencies have proximity to the capital city, where materials might be cheaper. They are different from those in the extreme parts of Kenya, where materials and transport are expensive. So, we should not have a blanket implementation for all projects. There should be guidelines. I know that as leaders, we want to give the best services to our people, maximise the money and make good use of it. So, we are not interested in misappropriating funds. There should be no situation where we are capped or our hands are tied because of standardisation or uniformity of projects. We need a schedule of how funds are dispersed so that the committees can plan accordingly. This should not be by chance. We keep looking to find out if money has been disbursed. We have no clear timeline on implementation, and when you fail to plan, you plan to fail. You cannot plan if you do not know when the money will be disbursed. For example, in my constituency of Moiben, we have done public participation, identified projects and are ready to start. But we do not have money. There is inflation, prices of goods in the market are changing, the dollar is changing and this is affecting everyone. We are waiting, and I am wondering what will happen if that money is not disbursed on time. This is even affecting the development of the constituency. How I wish we would be given a schedule so that we know when to expect the money and do our plans and projects accordingly. If this is not done, it will be difficult. One of the issues that members of this Committee have reported is with regard to documentation. If the money is given in piecemeal, we keep waiting and not implementing our plans accordingly. Thereafter, documentation becomes problematic. This is because documents are also given in piecemeal, since we are unable to pay on time. Some of the challenges that constituencies face have to do with slow remittance of that money. I do not know about the training of some fund account managers. They need to be re-trained because they behave like they are not very competent in handling finances or implementing projects. This should be re- looked into or otherwise, we will keep having anomalies with some of the audits that are received from those projects. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I can see that my time is up."
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