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    "id": 471051,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "of the CDFC members. I agree fully that since the Members of Parliament actually appoint--- Out of the five members who have been elected in every ward, two of them sit in the CDFC. It only follows that what one can do, one should be able to undo. It is, therefore, in order that the Member of Parliament be given the powers to facilitate the removal of one or more of the CDFC members if and when it is necessary. There has been a lot of confusion and the fallacy that the Members of Parliament control the CDF. This has been propagated by members of the public and sometimes the media, I would say, out of ignorance. It is a fact that under the current CDF Act, 2013, Members of Parliament have got no control over the CDF. As a matter of fact, Members of Parliament only sit in the CDFC as ex officio members; they do not even vote. Therefore, it is right to conclude that Members of Parliament play their rightful role of oversight by sitting merely as ex officio members in the CDFCs. Of late, of course, there has been a clamour by all sorts of people wanting to be given funds to control or manage like Members of Parliament which is a fallacy because, in the first place, Members of Parliament do not control any fund! Members of Parliament simply sit in the CDFCs to oversee the management of these funds. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it would be important, therefore, that this role of Members of Parliament in terms of managing the exit of the members of the CDFC is entrenched in the Act. If not, therefore, it must come out very clearly in the regulations. This is so that the CDFC members do not become rogue as has been witnessed in many constituencies. Another matter I want to talk about is the administrative reporting structure. It is common knowledge that even the CDF Board sitting here in Nairobi many a times does not know where their employees are or what they are doing wherever they are. (Loud consultations)"
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