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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Rural, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. David Mwalika",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also air my views on this Report. I support the Report. I am a member of the Committee. As Members have said, the Report is outdated, but it reflects the current situation and challenges facing the NG-CDF. We may need to look at more current reports so that we can get an overview of the challenges facing the NG-CDF. The Report raises several challenges. Most of us who were in the 12th Parliament faced a lot of problems with fund managers. During the five years, I changed fund managers four times. One of the challenges is that most of these fund managers do not respect Members of Parliament. If you want something to be done, you can look for fund managers for a month and you do not find them. On the structure of the NG-CDF employment, there is what we call “regional managers.” Personally, I do not know the work of regional managers. As you may realise, most of the Members do not know that there is somebody called a regional manager who fund managers are supposed to report to. If, indeed, these managers have no work, their positions should be declared redundant. There is a recommendation on fund managers facing challenges in preparing financial reports and submitting them to auditors. On the recommendation of employing qualified accountants, the fund managers should have accounting knowledge so that they at least understand what they are accounting in their counties. That way, they will adopt International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) reporting framework. The Report says that most of them do not understand those standards. It is very important for them to understand them. There are issues with district accountants. The NG-CDF has no control over district accountants. I believe that the district accountants are important. We have said that we need to create our own treasury for the NG-CDF, but I am wondering because the NG-CDF money is seasonal; it comes quarterly. So, are we saying that we are going to have an accountant at the treasury who will handle the NG-CDF? We need to see how we can work closely with the district accountants so that they can facilitate our work. On the issue of quality course design, that is standardisation of the NG-CDF construction projects, it is important. If you go to different constituencies, you will realise that construction designs of classrooms are different. However, if you go to the Ministry of Education, they have standard classrooms for primary schools and secondary schools. If you have a very good quantity surveyor (QS) from the Ministry or the County Government, he will give you the design and size of classes. I have an issue with the construction costs. They may not be the same in the same county because of distance and the construction materials used. For example, where I come from, Kitui Rural and Kitui Central cannot have the same cost of constructing a classroom because my constituency is vast and you will cover a long distance. Nonetheless, the difference in the cost of building should not be too wide. If a classroom costs Ksh1 million in Kitui 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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