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    "id": 272931,
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    "speaker_name": "Mr. ole Metito",
    "speaker_title": "The Assistant Minister for Regional Development Authorities",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 199,
        "legal_name": "Judah Katoo Ole-Metito",
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    "content": " Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I also want to support this Motion and congratulate the new Board member for his new appointment. As my colleagues have said about the CDF, there is no doubt that the 2.5 percent of the revenue that goes to the constituencies is the only visible development on the ground. One would wonder about the 97.5 percent. If that percentage to the constituencies was increased, there would be enough devolution rather than going into the structures of the counties. In support of what my colleagues have said with respect to the continuity of CDF, I would like to propose that when the time comes--- Now that the CDF Committee is looking into the possibility of bringing amendments to the Act, the 2.5 percent or the CDF structure should actually remain as a national service, rather than taking it to the county level. That is because even at the county level, there will be a lot of marginalization. So, as much as we are talking of further devolution within the county and taking constituencies as sub-counties, I would like to propose to the Chairman of the CDF Committee that the 2.5 percent should be taken as a national service through the National Assembly. Let the Governor at the county level also initiate other development projects using the 15 percent that will be allocated. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the time being, my proposal to the national Board is to fast-track the release of funds to the constituencies. With the assurance of the Minister for Finance that he is going to be timely, I have no doubt that it will happen. I also propose that they should not introduce bureaucracy before they release the CDF monies. We thought that we were devolving and making things simple with regard to the service to wananchi. But there are still many attempts to introduce a lot of bureaucracy within the management of CDF. A good case in mind is the reallocation of funds at the constituency level. Once a project has been proposed at the constituency level and there is need to reallocate the money to another project within that constituency, we see a lot of bureaucracy. I would like the Chairman of the CDF Committee to hear this: We are always being asked to reallocate funds and get approval from the would-be beneficiaries, so that they can give consent that the money is being taken away from them to a new project. The Committee of this House should stamp its authority in terms of monitoring and oversight of the CDF money. I beg to support the Motion."
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