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    "id": 262529,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Oparanya",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 201,
        "legal_name": "Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya",
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    "content": " Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairman of the CDF Committee requested to know why this proposal has come up late. I want to apologize to the House that when the Minister for Finance mentioned that there was a special grant, we were also not aware of the conditions. It took us some time to discuss this issue with the Minister for Finance until we agreed with him and the relevant Departmental Committee. That is why the proposal has come late. I apologize for that. I want to confirm that up to this moment CDF has received Kshs8.6 billion from the Treasury. We are supposed to have received Kshs11.6 billion by now. So, we have a shortfall. I had a meeting with the officials of Treasury yesterday and they have agreed that in view of the fact that we have had cash flow problems, we are going to endeavor that every two weeks we get Kshs1 billion until the full amount is paid before the end of this financial year. The Chairman also wanted to know whether CDF is factored in the next financial year or not. There was an omission and this was done without consulting the Ministry of Planning, National Development and Vision 2030. However, let me assure the House that CDF has been factored in the next financial year. Even the Chairman himself is aware. He was asking me what he already knows. For those constituencies that have statutory proposals only, let me assure the hon. Member that we have had problems. Hon. Member, I am answering that question, but are you attentive? I can see that you are busy with your colleague. Let me assure the hon. Member that we have adequate funds. At the moment we have Kshs1.6 billion in the CDF account. The problem we have had is that some constituencies have not submitted proposals. Where some proposals have been submitted, there have been queries and the CDFCs have not answered those queries quickly to enable remittance of the relevant funds. I would request hon. Members to check the status of their constituencies. If you have a problem let me know. If you have no problem, you are supposed to have received funds by this time I am talking. Whether or not this money should be used on ESPs is not a very clear matter. We have also raised the same issue with the Ministry of Finance. We have said that since ESPs are part of the projects that have stalled or are have not been completed, you have the option of deciding whether to use the CDF money on ESPs or use it specifically on CDF projects. However, this issue will be re-looked at afresh. How did we arrive at the equal distribution mechanism? This is a conditional grant. When you are given a grant there are normally conditions. One of the conditions by the Ministry of Finance was that we share the grant equally. There are no other normal attachments. I mentioned the categories that you need to come up with. The conditional grant also specified the areas, that is, health, education, water, and sanitation. That is why we are calling it conditional. There is nothing to change there."
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