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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity to also weigh in on this Report, which I concur with and support 100 per cent. There are a few issues which many Members have raised concerning the daily running of the NG-CDF at the constituency level. Our role, as Members of Parliament, is to oversee the money allocated to the NG-CDF. As an oversight team, there are issues that we need to look into. We hope that the committee that is concerned with the management of this particular kitty will look into those issues. Many Members have mentioned the issue of the district accountant who is a Government representative in that particular Fund in every constituency. He represents all sectors, whether it is the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works, and all the State Departments. He has a role to play in the NG-CDF. Just like what most Members have said, for easier management of these funds and fast distribution of bursary or money for projects, it is time the committee considered employing the district accountant the same way a Fund Manager is employed by the NG-CDF Board. The same goes for anything to do with public works. Most of the Government employees are answerable to their bosses. Sometimes when you tell them that they are answerable to the NG-CDF fund manager, they declare that he is not their boss. That their boss is in the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Public Works. This is the same case with county commissioners. We need to amend the Act to allow the NG-CDF Board to appoint all those officers who are supposed to deal with the management of the NG-CDF right from accounting, public works, and procurement. Sometimes, it is a procurement person from another State Department who is relied upon by the NG-CDF. They get very busy at times and disappear. Some do not care because, obviously, 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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