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    "id": 1264057,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 28(4), this House resolves to alter its Calendar for the Second Session (Regular Sessions) as adopted on Wednesday, 15th February 2023 by varying the period for the short recess with respect to the Second Part of the Session so that: (a) the short recess commences on Friday, 7th July 2023 and ends on Monday, 24th July 2023; and, (b) the House resumes Regular Sittings on Tuesday, 25th July 2023 to continue with the Second Part of the Session. Hon. Speaker, as the Motion says, we want to vary our calendar in line with what we agreed on in the House Business Committee on Tuesday this week. We were to commence the one-week short recess on 14th July 2023, which is the other week. The HBC approved this Motion to bring that recess forward to 7th July 2023, appreciating that the National Treasury has disbursed 100 per cent of NGAAF and almost 90 per cent of NG-CDF. I think they should be completing disbursement of NG-CDF if they have not yet done so. For the first time, before the end of a financial year, and even amidst the difficulties in raising revenue, the National Treasury has worked hard to disburse all the allocations. I am sure the NG-CDF Board is now in the process of disbursing that money to constituencies. When there are regular sittings of the House, Hon. K.J., myself and a few other Members, who do not have the rare privilege of enjoying any mileage claims, enjoy the rare privilege of accessing our constituencies. Members may not have a lot of time to engage with the public, especially at the beginning of a new financial year such as now. As leaders in their constituencies, Members have no role in NG-CDF. They are not patrons of the Fund. They do not administer it. They do not implement its projects. They are strangers in NG-CDF constituency committees. But they have a huge responsibility of overseeing the implementation of projects. When money is released in huge tranches, many Fund Account Managers (FAMS), knowing there is no meaningful oversight on the ground, may take advantage and misuse or misappropriate those funds. When NG-CDF money is misappropriated in a constituency, the media will not mention the FAM or the committee. They will say the money has been stolen in the constituency of Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah or that of Hon. Robert Mbui. They make it look like it is the Member of Parliament who is responsible. It is important that Members of Parliament get time off regular sittings to go and shepherd some meaningful oversight of implementation of projects through NG-CDF and NGAAF. 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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