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    "id": 1380463,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung'wah",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I hear what you have said. Actually, I was going to take that tangent – that, this is purely an administrative matter. The Board that the Cabinet Secretary is in charge of is the one that disburses money. When money is being disbursed, it must be disbursed fairly and on time whether it is to Kilifi County or Kiambu County. The money does not go to individual Members. Just like with the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), I do not expect that any constituency should have the disbursement of its money delayed on account of where that constituency is. The same goes for NGAAF. The Cabinet Secretary does not disburse that money. It is the Board, which must disburse money to all counties in a timely and efficient manner. That money goes to help the constituents who elect the Member for Kilifi County and other County Women Representatives to come and represent them here. Hon. Speaker, your guidance that the Cabinet Secretary must ensure that the Board disburses money in a timely, fair and equitable manner is good. No county or constituency should have the disbursement of its money delayed for whatever reason. Equally, Members, including our Women Representatives who oversee the NGAAF coordinators and committees in our counties, have responsibilities. I do not know whether you have NGAAF committees as we have the NG-CDF committees. Let me speak for myself. As a Member of Parliament, I must ensure that I oversee what the NG-CDF Committee in Kikuyu Constituency is doing. I urge the Member for Kilifi County and all our other Women Representatives to offer meaningful and proper oversight over your coordinators and committees to ensure that they have also complied with all the statutory requirements ahead of disbursement. This will prevent us from pointing fingers at each other on who delayed where. Maybe, it was a failure of a committee or a coordinator back at the county level. Thank you."
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