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    "id": 1336759,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "that money was never accounted for when in reality students have benefited. I want to confirm to this House that bursaries have played a huge role in my election as a third-term Member of Parliament for my constituency. As we support students, they really appreciate. We have transformed lives and that is the reason they think the leadership is adding value to their lives. Therefore, they vote for you when election time comes. On the issue of managers being the accounting officers, I totally agree with Hon. Mulyungi when he says that we are creating parallel centres of power, where you have the accounting officer at the headquarters and another at the constituency level. To some extent, this has created situations where Fund Managers are no longer answerable to the headquarters. Thereafter, they become rogue Fund Managers because at that low level, Board members are not able to control them. I have shared experiences with most of my colleagues here and some have changed their Fund Managers more than four times since they became Members of Parliament. This is because those Fund Managers did not realise that their work is to facilitate operations. They interfere with implementation of projects and harass locals, forgetting that this is a political position and there is always need to balance politics and technical work. Money must be accounted for, but at the same time projects must be seen to be implemented. There are situations where there are unnecessary delays in implementation. Even as we support this Report, this House takes seriously the recommendations that have been put forward by the Committee. Immediately we adopt this report, the Committee on Implementation should take action and make sure that these good recommendations are not lost and are implemented for the benefit of Kenyans. As I conclude, the wisdom of this House in creating this Committee was very good. With 290 constituencies and 47 counties, I am wondering whether they will have enough time to sort out what has been done in the 13th Parliament. I wish that this Committee can be more facilitated by improving their budget to enable them to go out there more. This will enable us look at all these special funds in the 13th Parliament and then come up with recommendations, and resolve this matter once and for all."
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