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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr) Robert Pukose (",
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    "content": "Looking at the Auditor-General's reports, the accounting officers for constituencies are the fund managers. So, it is essential that whenever the Auditor-General tables financial reports, Members have a look at them. What we observed in many reports is delays in releasing funds to constituencies. This has stuck to date because, as we speak, many constituencies have received less than half of what they deserve. Hon. Speaker, Hon. Mbui raised an issue when you gave your Statement about reports from the Head of State. It is important that Hon. Members receive their share of the NG-CDF money so that they can do the projects they had committed to do within the specified period. We looked at the NG-CDF Report from Ganze Constituency and found that there is duplication of projects. A project that was funded by NG-CDF had also been funded by the Equalisation Fund. You find that a dam which was supposed to have been done by NG-CDF has also been allocated money from the Equalisation Fund. You then wonder what was done by the Equalisation Fund, and what was done by NG-CDF. Co-funding is a major issue that should be looked into. We also looked at some of the reports in some constituencies. For example, in Mvita Constituency, there are no new schools that are being built. The NG-CDF there is now building walls and other amenities like swimming pools, walls, electricity, among others; while in another constituency, there are no funds to construct classrooms and students are reading under trees. They do not even have one complete classroom. These are issues that show a lot of disparities. When we came back in the last Parliament, there was some debate on the levels NG- CDF should be allocated, considering some wards have a higher population than others. Even if one constituency has six wards and another has three wards, the population within those wards are not the same. People end up with disparities in terms of disbursement of bursaries and other services. Hon. Speaker, NG-CDF has done tremendous things within the 26 constituencies in the Coast region that you can see and feel. We should continue doing more audit reports to look into what NG-CDF has done and really appreciate the services that wananchi are getting through NG-CDF. With those few remarks, I support the Report by the Committee."
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