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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dorothy Muthoni",
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    "content": "delayed disbursement of funds. The Committee recommended that the National Treasury ensures timely and adequate disbursement of funds to the NG-CDF Board for immediate release to the constituencies to avert these massive delays. I also wish to reiterate that the Committee observed there was poor coordination between the office of the Auditor-General and the Fund Account Managers particularly regarding the timely response to audit queries. The Committee further observed that there is a need for the NG-CDF Board to inform Fund Account Managers across the county to respond to audit queries promptly. The Committee recommends that the NG-CDF Board should ensure constituency committees employ qualified accountants in the constituency offices. We also observed that sometimes Fund Account Managers do not get proper induction and they do not know what to bring for audit. This makes the Committee to keep inviting them to avail documents. We want to urge the NG-CDF Board to ensure that they properly induct all Fund Account Managers to avert wastage of public resources and the Committee Members’ time because we normally sit for long hours to come up with credible reports. I wish to join my Chairman in saying that in all constituencies, money was prudently used. Members of Parliament should be applauded because of doing their oversight role well. It is important to note that only the NG-CDF funds are properly utilised and accounted for. People see development in their constituencies. I am saying this because counties also have funds but the buildings we see, wherever we go, are NG-CDF projects. This Fund is properly utilised, except for the few issues we have raised because of massive delay in disbursement of funds. On that note, as a Committee, we wish to urge the NG-CDF Committee of this House to urge the National Treasury to release funds on time to avoid massive delay in implementation of projects. I wish to second this very important Report and say that the NG-CDF is the way to go. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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