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    "speaker_name": "Gilgil, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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    "content": "development and the growth we can see today. Right now, the constituency can boast of a Technical Training Institute courtesy of NG-CDF. It can boast of many schools being centres of excellence, many students being educated through bursaries, and many chiefs and police officers being housed. The need for NG-CDF cannot be gainsaid. I also want to note that we have to be very keen during the recruitment of all accounting officers. We also have to be keen in the recruitment of audit officers so that it does not become witch-hunt. You will see a Fund Account Manager dealing with internal auditors this week, next week they have external auditors, and the other week they have Kenya National Audit Office (KENAO). We must also be brave enough to root out the corrupt audit officers in that system so that it is not used as a witch-hunt for Members of Parliament, or a political tool to embarrass any county, but to get output and get that streamlined. We are pushing to get the NG-CDF monies released, but we must also look at the law to ensure that the 5 per cent that has been proposed can be achieved. More importantly, we must get to a level – and this, maybe, the Senate or ourselves can do – to streamline counties and the way they learn to get a formula for the county funding that we take to counties so that we are able to know what percentage goes to personnel and development. What is happening right now is that under the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, not more than 70 per cent should go to salaries and personnel. What is happening is that many counties are not able to allocate even 30 per cent of the money to development. We must get to a point where we will put a certain percentage to go to health, roads, water and cover all the devolved functions the same way we do with NG-CDF, so that we know how much goes to sports, education and security. That is all stipulated. I hope the counties can be able to borrow a leaf from how NG- CDF is done. With that, I wish to support. Allow me to also agree with the Speaker that as we improve this Chamber – and I want to thank the Clerk because during the recess, we found it looking even better and there are some very nice wordings on the door. It is very good work. I hope we can improve the signing in and the card system, as the Speaker says, so that we can follow and avoid the issue of Members putting a card, leaving and not contributing to an issue. I thank you for giving me the opportunity, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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