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    "id": 1400067,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1400067/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eldama Ravine, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Musa Sirma",
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    "content": " Hon. Deputy Speaker, Standing Order 44(c) of the National Assembly provides for any Member to request for a statement from a committee chairperson relating to matters under the mandate of the committee. In line with that, Hon. David Kiplagat had requested for a statement from the Chairperson, National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) regarding the management of fund account managers by the NG-CDF Board. Pursuant to the above, and in response to the statement requested, the NG-CDF Board responded to the request for statement by Hon. Kiplagat as follows: That the NG-CDF Board is established under Sections 14, 15 and 16 of the NG-CDF Act, 2015 - and as amended in 2023 - as a body corporate under the Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters economic planning and development. The Board is charged with the responsibility of receiving project proposals from various constituencies, approve for funding the proposals that are in conformity with the Act, and disburse funds to the constituencies with respect to the approved project proposals, amongst other functions. Section 22 (1) of the Act provides that: “The Board shall appoint such officers and other staff as are necessary for the proper management of the Fund and discharge of its functions under this Act. Upon such terms and conditions of service as it may determine.’’ Further Section 12 (3) provides that: “The fund account manager shall hold authority to incur expenditure of the funds at the constituency account.” The approved staff establishment of the Board provides for 297 positions of field operations officers (FOO) who are either deployed to the headquarters or to the constituencies as fund account managers (FAMs). Hon. Deputy Speaker, on the number of Constituencies that do not have substantive fund…"
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