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    "id": 1451644,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kitui Central, WDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu",
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    "content": "Most of our fund managers have a background in accounting or economics. One of the basic criteria for recruitment is ability to prepare books of account. The National Treasury posts a district accountant to each constituency to oversee accounting activities. Therefore, I find it hard to believe that the fund managers are incapable of providing accounting documents because they are incapacitated. I agree with you that they are doing this deliberately to cover some of their wrong moves in financial accountability. I would like to see a more punitive recommendation. If fund managers cannot account for funds, they should be handed over to the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) for further investigations. We should hold fund managers accountable for the proper implementation of projects. Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is important to note that most of the fund managers are non- locals. Therefore, in the event that there is mismanagement of funds, it means that benefits are being taken from one constituency to another. This ultimately results in a significant loss for us as Members of Parliament. If a fund manager misappropriates resources, those resources will likely be invested in a different constituency rather than where they are intended to be used. As we oversee the NG-CDF, we should acknowledge that we love our fund managers, but they must do their work professionally. We need to streamline this process. Before I came to Parliament, I was a monitoring and evaluation specialist. I have developed many monitoring frameworks and conducted evaluation and impact assessment exercises for many programs. I want to affirm to the country that in my professional opinion, there is no project that is more impactful for Kenyans than the NG-CDF. The NG-CDF has had a positive impact on our people. Those who may want to get rid of this Fund may not like their Members of Parliament or the fund managers, but we should keep the NG-CDF running in this country because it positively impacts the lives of our people. Hon. Temporary Speaker, like I do, you oversee a constituency. We both joined Parliament on the same day. What you have done with Ksh50 million every year in Homa Bay Town cannot be compared with what the governors have done over the last 10 years, despite them getting billions of shillings. What you have done is impactful and visible compared to what the county governments have done. My proposal would be for us to increase the allocation to the NG-CDF to help our people more. If that happens, we will grow the local economies where this Fund is utilized. With those many remarks, I support the Motion on this Report. It is time we increased the NG-CDF allocation so that our people can get value for money."
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