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    "id": 347988,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/347988/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Namwamba",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, let us be very careful by being alive to the distinction between disbursal and concentration. One of the reasons the CDF model has been very popular is that it has disbursed responsibilities and resources. Now when we make an attempt to re- concentrate these resources at another unit above the constituency, it raises very serious concerns. Remember that the Governor is not a supervisor of Members of Parliament or constituencies. So, if you create a committee to supposedly or ostensibly oversight the work of this Fund that is targeted at constituencies and you are even proposing that the Governor at the county shall chair the county oversight committee, you are actually now turning this Governor into a prefect of Members of Parliament and development activities going on in the constituencies. That is unconstitutional and there is no constitutional provision that will support that. That position is absolutely untenable. To even suppose that we are going to have another committee to provide policy directions, what is the role of the Board? What is the role of the Board that is responsible for the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF)? The role of policy direction; the role of overall management is vested with the Board. Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I strongly plead with both the Minister and the Chairman of the Committee to withdraw this proposal for amendment, otherwise I urge hon. Members to reject this one."
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