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    "id": 1368615,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "to the constituency in the preceding year. This has been brought about by the fact that this Fund has always been pegged on a percentage. However, there is a possibility that Government revenues could fall. It would be painful if they were to fall and yet funded projects requiring going to phase II were unable to be implemented. That is why we have ensured monies received under the NG-CDF Act of 2023 will not be reduced below that amount. We all know the cost of inflation. We know that even the people who work under that Fund have to be paid and salaries cannot go down. They keep going up. That has been proposed to ensure the Fund does not reduce but is maintained at a certain level to only go up. Finally, there is recruitment of the board. We are proposing that they do competitive recruitment. Whenever the Government is recruiting for any of the boards, the NG-CDF Board being one of them, the Public Service Commission (PSC) must be involved. What we are doing is to make sure that the recruitment of the board is competitive and that those who qualify are vetted and presented by the PSC so that the jobs are not done by hand-picking specific individuals and yet everyone knows the Fund is for ensuring there is equity and fair distribution of resources. Every corner of this country can develop and achieve its objectives. With those many remarks, I second the Motion."
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