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"content": "the projects committees. It could, for instance, be the school board of Governors, and not an hon. Member. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have also introduced a number of new body-line cases, which were not there before. They include environmental conservation, monitoring, evaluation, capacity building, culture and sports. So, we would like to have these incorporated in the Act. We also urge hon. Members to utilise them once they become part of the Act. We should not have a capacity building team and fail to utilise it. Government officers also require to have capacity building. It is our observation that CDF implementation has consistently been achieving 50 per cent cost of implementation as compared to the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. For instance, you find that where the Ministry builds a classroom using Kshs600,000, the CDF does it with Kshs200,000 or Kshs300,000. So, the aspect of capacity building should also be extended to Government officials implementing projects. They should learn from the CDF. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was also the issue of District Projects Committee. While moving the Motion, I said that we considered what it is for. We have now proposed to remove from it any mandate to approve anything. However, we retained it because we want it to be the watchdog to watch over monies going to the districts from other sources. For instance, we have the Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF) money, and other monies from the Government, going to the districts. We would like to have a body which can act as watchdog over those monies. We have left the District Projects Committee intact to play that role. There are a few quite drastic proposals which have been raised by our Committee. One of them is the proposal to increase the funding of the CDF. Others relate to the management committees and the CDF Secretariat. This kind of Report, as per the CDF Act, should come to the House every two years. So, on the basis that we shall bring another Report to the House after another two years, some of these sentiments can be addressed then. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs raised very strong sentiments regarding the purchase of graders and vehicles for constituencies. I would like to explain that the CDF only wants to finance the purchase of the graders. Once the graders are financed, they will remain the property of the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. The Ministry will run and maintain them. The CDF wants to buy the graders but they cannot be taken outside the geographical area of the constituency. The Minister for Finance raised an issue regarding Section 48 of the Constitution. Let us not ground ourselves through something which is not real. Section 48 of the Constitution provides that the House shall not proceed to debate something on which His Excellency the President has not given his consent. The law does not say that debate on such an issue must be initiated by the Minister. All that the law says is that the President has to be requested to agree for debate on such an issue to proceed. Unless the Minister is saying that the President has refused to give consent on this matter, we should proceed. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already filed a Notice of Motion, seeking leave of the House to initiate debate on the Bill. I wish to express the concern that even if the leave of the House is granted, the number of steps needed to make this law is quite big. So, I appeal that we hasten debate on this matter to avoid being overtaken by events. If we delay, preparation of the Budget will be completed before we are through, and we will not have a way of implementing these proposals. With those very many words, I beg to move."
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