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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oparanya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya",
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    "content": "With regard to the two names that have been rejected, I will move with speed to see that we have a replacement. I am hopeful that in two weeks time, we will have the two names approved by the Committee. I will move with speed to gazette the names that have been approved by the House so that the new Board receives project proposals which I will expect Members of Parliament to submit as soon as possible. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will also expect the new Board to start the process of recruiting the new Chief Executive Officer. As you are aware, the current Chief Executive Officer has been appointed to be the Controller of Budget. That is a very important responsibility. In order to ensure that there is no gap, they need to carry out the recruitment process as soon as possible. I have tabled the allocation list covering all the 210 constituencies. If you look at that list, you will find that I am allocating Kshs17.515 billion as agreed with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. That has been allocated in accordance with the new population figures of 38 million Kenyans. I want to clarify one issue. I got a court injunction. People from the constituencies that we cancelled the census went to court and I have been ordered to use the figures as published in the population booklets and those are the figures I have used. There is a court case going on and as soon as it is determined, there is likely to be a variation in the figures if they lose the case. However, if we lose the case, then the figures will remain as they are. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to respond to two or three issues that were raised by the Chairman of the Committee. These are in respect of the representatives from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Planning, National Development, and Vision 2030; and the Attorney- General’s Chambers. As you are aware, the CDF Board Secretariat gets 3 percent. We have worked out that the 3 percent is not adequate to enable the Board employ adequate staff at the constituency level. In order to ensure that these representatives are not involved and the CDF Board Secretariat works independently, we need to add five more senior staff at the constituency level to ensure that there is adequate segregation of duties and control of the finances. This is one of the issues that we will bring to this House for amendment to ensure that the percentage that is taken to the Board is reviewed upwards. On the issue of poverty index as raised by Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry, the poverty index figures were done in 2005/2006. Ideally, these figures are supposed to be reviewed every five years. We were supposed to undertake the same exercise last year; that is, 2010/2011. We requested for Kshs500 million to enable us carry out this exercise. Unfortunately, this amount of money was not granted to us. We requested for the same amount of money this financial year to enable us carry out the new poverty indices, but so far, we have received nothing. I want to thank the outgoing Board and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the wonderful job they have done. The CDF has been strengthened both at the headquarters and constituency level."
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