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    "id": 195938,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Musila",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister, Ministry of State for Defence",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 94,
        "legal_name": "David Musila",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to challenge the line Ministries that support the fund like the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation. These are very important Ministries when it comes to the implementation of projects under the CDF. However, the experience we have is that officers in the field tend to utilise the money that they set aside for projects in consultancy. This is a matter that has been pending. We have raised it many times that the Ministry of Water and Irrigation provide sufficient funds for the officers in the field to be able to carry out CDF projects without asking the same CDF to pay them. We do not want to see money given for the development of our constituencies utilised in paying night out allowances to civil servants. So, I believe the Ministries will provide sufficient funds to the officers in the field. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, finally, in the past the various CDF committees have been bashed left and right by members of the public, sometimes with good or bad reasons. So, I want to challenge this new Board to ensure that there is proper supervision. They should put enough mechanisms to ensure that all CDFs perform properly. Where CDFs do not perform properly, we want them to be identified by name, so that we do not have wholesale condemnation of CDF committees in the various constituencies. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am calling for stringent supervision by the Board and better use of public funds. At a times, there has been misappropriation of CDF money. It will be incumbent upon this Board to ensure that all funds operate within the law. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I finally now, on behalf of the hon. Members, appeal to the Minister for Finance that as soon as we pass this Motion, he should give the Board money immediately because all the CDF projects are now at a standstill. So, we want to urge the Minister for Finance who is here to immediately release all the funds to the Board, so that we can go and start working because these projects have been at a standstill for a long time. I beg to support."
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