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    "id": 1238956,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1238956/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Masinga, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joshua Mwalyo",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on this Report. Although this Report is late—it is for the Financial Years 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016—it is important that we handle it now that it has been brought by the Auditor- General. The NG-CDF is a model way of implementing projects. Many of the Government’s institutions can learn from the NG-CDF on how projects are implemented. The implementation of these projects is well calculated and modelled. From public participation, we pick the projects that the community wants implemented. These are then put on paper and send to the NG-CDF Board for record of public participation. After that, through a letter, we are then required to write the proposals through the NG-CDF committees in the constituencies. Here, the Member of Parliament inputs what he promised his constituents when campaigning. All the declarations made when campaigning are put on paper by the help of the fund manager and the NG-CDF Committee. The proposals are then directed to the Board. As a Member of the NG-CDF Committee—this is my second term in this Committee— we have noticed that few Members of Parliament are not involved when the proposals are being prepared. When this is left to the NG-CDF Committee members, they make mistakes. They include items like water, hospitals and roads. As a Member of Parliament, you understand the Act better. The Act provides for implementation of two major government projects: education and security. As the custodian of the knowledge on the operation of the NG-CDF Act, you should work together with the NG-CDF committee in your constituency to come up with a proposal that is acceptable by the Board. This will ensure that it is not rejected. You will then have a to-and-fro exercise and your funds will be delayed."
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