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    "content": "unlocked further disbursements and the programme is now back on course. We have been promised more donor funding, so to that extent this is money well spent. For those who misused, defrauded or stole funds, action has already been taken against them. The ones who incurred ineligible expenditure; meaning that although the funds were actually utilized, they were not covered under the credit agreement, administrative action has been taken against them. I am being advised that it is called misapplication of funds and not misappropriation. The ones that were done through ignorance, particularly by the project coordinators, they have been retrained and we have learnt lessons. On the clarification sought by Mr. Njuguna, yes, we have many lessons for this and now before project coordinators are appointed, they are, first of all, trained so that they do not incur those kind of ineligible expenses. They have been taken through the agreement and they now know what is allowed and what is not allowed. If facilitation is not provided for in the credit agreement, you cannot use it to pay drivers, petrol or accommodation because most of the expenses were relating to ineligible expenditure. With regard to Mr. Martin Ogindo’s question, yes, the money was refunded. Obviously, it affected other programmes. If you look at the money that was refunded and the further disbursements that are going to take place and even further credit, purely from a business point of view, it was the right decision to take. We have actually unlocked the process. I would like to assure hon. Namwamba that the programme is now on course. This was a very important project, but it was mishandled by the project co-ordinators. So, it is on course and we will recover the time we lost. Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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