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    "content": "should be able to carry out their responsibilities. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other area of concern is that the allocation of the CDF money is determined by the poverty levels of every constituency. We are a bit disturbed that certain constituencies whose poverty levels are comparatively not high get a lot more money than constituencies whose poverty levels are very high. I think there is need to ensure that the statistics we get in terms of determining the poverty levels for each constituency are properly done. We do not want to find a situation whereby certain constituencies are greater beneficiaries of these funds. We have had a lot of problems from AIE holders because we find that most of the times, they are not available. In my area, I have had to stay for two months without getting any cheque signed because the DDOs are not available. I strongly feel that the DDOs need assistants who will be authorised to sign these cheques or ensure that the process does not come to a standstill simply because they are away. We need that as a matter of urgency. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a problem in terms of capacity. Since this is the first time we are implementing usage of these funds there has definitely been bottlenecks in certain areas because we do not have the capacity. There is need to develop the capacities in our constituencies to help us implement the various projects which we have. I am glad to see that efforts are being made by the Committee to ensure that we get more funds to do that. We certainly need some proper co-ordinators in the constituencies to make sure that the projects are properly implemented. We obviously have to pay these co-ordinators adequate salary for them to be able to do the work required of them. They are necessary to ensure that we monitor the various projects and that they are implemented properly. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is the question of the term of office for the Committee members. I agree with Eng. Muriuki that two years is too short a period because we have taken time to train members of these committees and then we want to send them away after two years. If we do this, we will have to get new members to replace them. This will cause a lot of problems because they have to get to know the systems that we are using. Three to four years would be more appropriate. I would like to go back to the question of the 97.5 per cent of the Government revenue. I would like to request the Government to ensure that this 97.5 per cent of the collected Government revenue is equitably distributed in the various constituencies because that is where we get a bit disturbed, that there may not be a fair distribution. With those few remarks, I support the Motion."
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