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    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
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    "content": "Most of the Members have talked about re-allocation of funds. At times, it becomes necessary to re-allocate funds. For example, if you allocate money for water to a school and then the county government also allocates money for the same to a nearby hospital, obviously, that water will be shared. So, there is need for a fund manager to re-allocate that money to something else. It should not be a hard process. It should be done easily and in a transparent way. The fund manager cannot do that alone. He has to get authority from the board. Like most Members have said, this Report is stale because it dates back to 2013 or around that time. We are in 2023 and this is not a very huge sector in the Government. We want the Auditor-General to look into this matter quickly so that we can deal with current matters. We should not wait for five, six or ten years to look into a report. For that reason, this Report is stale and cannot help anybody. Even if we were to benchmark, it does not have vital information that can help anybody. The work of the Auditor-General is to ensure that we get reports as early as possible so that we can debate and implement the recommendations therein. I agree that the Act needs to be amended. I believe this kitty is important and it comes in handy just like the Equalisation Fund. Remember, development in the constituencies, wards, and counties is done either through allocation of money from county governments or ministries. We must all accept the fact that whatever the Government has in place, there is a certain way in which it behaves. So, even in ministries like the Ministry of Water and Sanitation or the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Infrastructure, usually there is marginalisation in terms of allocation of funds countrywide. You will find some areas not getting money for roads, water, education and so on. With the NG-CDF, it does not matter whether you are in the Government or opposition. It does not matter whether your constituency has someone in the Cabinet. Money from the NG-CDF will still reach all the areas irrespective of all that. So, whether or not the President comes from your constituency or county, you will still get the money. It is like the Equalisation Fund that is meant for areas that were marginalised for many years. I come from Narok and the pastoralists there feel they have been marginalised by successive Governments. Sometimes we wonder when we hear some people who held leadership for many years since 1963 wanting to bring down the NG-CDF by talking about population. Constituencies were created and protected because of certain issues. There are constituencies with a population of around 20,000 people, but still qualify to be constituencies based on many other parameters. When debating as Members, we must remember that creation of constituencies is not based on population alone, but very many other parameters. So, when we are allocating money, please, let us remember that."
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