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    "id": 246633,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/246633/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Kimunya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Finance",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 174,
        "legal_name": "Amos Muhinga Kimunya",
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    "content": "I expect that hon. Members will ensure efficient and effective deployment of these funds in order to significantly improve the economic conditions of our people in the rural areas. Further, to avoid duplication and waste of scarce resources, the provision of the bursary funds and construction of some police posts and health clinics has been shifted from their respective line Ministries to the CDF. I am confident that hon. Members, in close collaboration with the line Ministries and the local CDF committees, will be able to disburse these funds equitably and transparently to fund priority programmes at the local level. In addition, given the sharp increase in the RML, I have proposed under miscellaneous amendments to reduce the statutory allocation to the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) from 3 per cent to 2 per cent and allocate the savings of the 1 per cent to road improvement and maintenance within the city of Nairobi from where we collect about 80 per cent of our taxes. This proposal will in no way reduce the absolute resources available to the KRB. Mr. Speaker, Sir, while these funds have improved the lives our people in some constituencies, in others, their managements have come under sharp scrutiny by the public, including some allegations of abuse, mis-allocation and corruption. As part of efforts to ensure efficiency, transparency and accountability in the use of these funds, the Government, in collaboration with the hon. Members, will develop and enforce stringent auditable systems and cases of abuse will be dealt with promptly."
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