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    "id": 195900,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Chanzu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 11,
        "legal_name": "Yusuf Kifuma Chanzu",
        "slug": "yusuf-chanzu"
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that hon. Namwamba has raised the issue of lawyers being included on the Board. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from my own professional experience, and looking at all the projects that we are going to fund with the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF), most of them are to do with buildings. We have allowed for engineers, but the larger component of building works is done by architects and quantity surveyors. I would like the Minister to consider how he could integrate the portion relating to professionals, who are registered with the Architectural Association of Kenya, so that it can assist in the performance of the Board. I have also been agonizing over the idea of the Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF). We have had devolved funds like the LATF and the Roads' Funds, but I know that the Acts that brought these funds into operation came at different times. I have been thinking of a situation whereby we can bring all these funds together, because there are times when we have a conflict. Sometimes you go and do a project with CDF money, but when people want to cheat they say they used some other money on it. This becomes a problem. I have been thinking of a situation whereby we could harmonise these funds bring them all under one umbrella. Even councillors who are supposed to be taking care of LATF are also represented on the CDF committees. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is an element of bursary money in the CDF money. In my constituency, we had a bursary committee which took care of that. It was sub-committee of the main committee. But if we are going to be remunerating the CDF committee members and the others are working and are not getting anything, I find it rather unfair. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am suggesting that when the Minister is considering what hon. Members have said here about increasing the amount of sitting allowances payable to the CDF committee members he should also look into allowing us to pay some money to the bursary sub- committee members. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing that needs to be clarified is that when we were at Safari Park Hotel, we were told that among the people whom we are supposed to employ are the Programme Co-ordinator, the Accounts Clerk and the Office Attendant. But the role of the Account Manager visa vis the Accounts Clerk needs to be clarified. I now find the role of the Accounts Clerk redundant. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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