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    "id": 183454,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Waititu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 147,
        "legal_name": "Ferdinand Ndung'u Waititu",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion. I will start by commending the Minister for the work they have done. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to point out some of the handicaps that the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 gets in implementing the proposals. The proposals are well intended but are never coordinated by some of the agencies that October 21, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2871 are supposed to implement them. For example, the Nairobi City Council (NCC) does not implement the proposals from the Ministry. I believe one of the mistakes which has never been looked into is the coordination between the NCC and the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. Planners at the NCC are highly qualified but they are not under the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. They tend to operate independently. As you know, things at the NCC are not running smoothly. They are usually influenced by people who sometimes are not even learned. Therefore, all that is planned cannot be achieved in Nairobi. For example, most of the sub-division of land in Nairobi is planned. When sub-division is done, 10 per cent is left for certain development such as schools, hospitals and roads. However, immediately those plans are approved by the NCC, the same land is usually acquired for other purposes. Therefore, the planned purpose is never achieved. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to point out something on the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) projects. The CDF is a very noble idea which is supposed to be the pillar for development in our constituencies. However, there are still some proposals in the CDF Act which are never implemented. Recently, we held a meeting called by the CDF Board. We proposed that different constituencies can change their accounts to suit their purposes so that their projects can be implemented in a simpler manner. Transfer of accounts to different banks has become a problem. One of the things we discussed in that meeting is that some of the banks had agreed to be offering LPO financing such that contractors given projects will always get funding from the banks before their vouchers are processed by the Ministry. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, right now transferring those accounts has become a problem. The CDF Board has now introduced a new idea, that approval has to come from the Treasury. I think the Minister will have to intervene so that he can streamline that process. Projects that are undertaken through funds from local authorities are easily achieved because of the way they are managed. However, CDF projects are not supervised by specialised engineers. Who has the duty of supervising all the projects that are undertaken, either by LASDAP or the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF)? There can be general supervision of all the projects and every project can have a supervisor. Right now, I have projects that were initiated by my predecessor, the late hon. Mwenje, but some of them cannot even be completed, because they were not planned properly. The engineers cannot continue with them the way they are. I am pleading with the Minister to intervene and have the CDF Act amended to provide for engineers to supervise those projects. With those few remarks, I support the project."
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