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    "speaker_name": "Eng. Muriuki",
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        "legal_name": "Muriuki Karue",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, before that interruption, I was saying that some parts of the country have been forgotten by the Government. Generally, there may be reasons why pastoral communities lag behind. Sometimes, it might be because of tribal clashes. It appears that a lot of money is being used for water instead of where it is critically needed in those areas. We, in the CDF Committee, are requesting the Government to look into that matter. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other aspect which we have looked at in the implementation of the CDF Act is the term of office of various committees, which has been put at two years. It means that the committees will be changed three times within one term of Parliament. Therefore, we are recommending a term of three years rather than two years. The other aspect which is of grave concern is how the money allocated per constituency is utilised on various projects. At the moment, that decision is with the Constituency Development Committee in every constituency. When it comes to the CDF Committee in Parliament, we merely look at whether they have utilised the money. It is none of our business to know how they intend to use their money. We set up a parallel body called the National Management Committee in good faith. What has been happening is that, sometimes, the constituency wants to do a certain project and when it goes to the committee which is supposed to disburse funds, they say it is not prudent. It is for that reason that we have included an amendment where that decision lies squarely with the CDF committees in the constituencies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other aspect is what happens at the end of the financial year. We have very many constituencies which, for one reason or the other, end up with some savings. They may have wanted a project initially, but they no longer need it. For example, they wanted to drill a borehole, but the Government or an Non-Government Organisation (NGO) came and drilled the borehole for them. They require a system where that money could be re-allocated to something else within the constituency. There has also been a considerable problem with the emergency fund. That has also been juggled between the National Management Committee and the CDF Committee in Parliament. We are now saying that, that decision lies with the CDF in the constituency. There has also been a bit of concern on the mandate and the usefulness of the District Project Committee. However, after careful consideration, we have left it intact. We are 900"
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