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    "id": 1451650,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1451650/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Tinderet, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Julius Melly",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is a lot of misconception. In these very difficult political times, Kenyans tend to believe everything that is on social media to the detriment of the nation. I want to say that Members of Parliament have no official or any other role in the NG-CDF, other than oversight. In fact, in the last Regulations that were issued, the Member of Parliament was supposed to be a member of an oversight committee of the NG-CDF. The Member of Parliament oversees the NG-CDF Committee and the fund account manager. The fund account manager and the committee are supposed to identify projects where there is public participation. When you proceed, you will realise that the money is deposited in schools’ accounts that are held by the school committee members or what we call project management committee (PMC). The role of a Member of Parliament as chairperson, patron or anything else is non-existent. However, that has been propagated over time to give Members of Parliament a bad name. There is an English proverb that says: ‘‘Give a dog a bad name and kill it.’’ In effect, no Member of Parliament is a chairperson or patron. The Member of Parliament has no official role in the day- to-day operations of the NG-CDF other than to oversee the operations by the project committees and fund account managers to ensure the realization of the public good and value for money. With those remarks, I support."
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