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    "id": 471054,
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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "join the CDF Committee so that they are able to manage this fund effectively and efficiently. I was talking about the issue of groups of people clamouring for funds to manage simply because they perceive MPs to be managing some funds. It should be noted that since Members of Parliament, legally, have no control over the CDF--- In practice, the public still equates the CDF with the Member of Parliament. To most members of public, the CDF is Member of Parliament and Member of Parliament is CDF. Therefore there is confusion. Every time a CDF Committee makes mistakes those mistakes are construed as having been made by a Member of Parliament. Therefore, it is important that we also entrench the role of the Member of Parliament, if not necessarily to make him a manager of the CDF. He needs to have some role in terms of instilling discipline. That is why I support the fact that the Member of Parliament needs control over the members of the CDFC. On the issue of the groups of people clamouring for funds to manage, that is, the MCAs and the women representatives - They are our colleagues and they succeeded and we are happy for them. Now we hear of the Senate; they are coming up with some clamour for funds. It must be pointed out clearly that one of the principal roles--- In fact the only tangible role of the Senate constitutionally is to protect the counties. We all know that counties are in charge of development matters. It is, therefore, superfluous for the Senate, again, to want to be given some fund to manage simply because Members of the National Assembly are managing some funds. It is a fallacy. This matter of clamouring for funds must be put in its right context. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank the Joint Committee for the exemplary work that they have done. I am very grateful to the chairmen of the two committees for the very good work that they have done in terms of streamlining these regulations. In fact, this must be a warning to the Cabinet Secretary because there has been a tendency in this country for Cabinet Secretaries to continually ignore the input of Parliamentary Committees. It is not just a matter of the CDF Committee but in many other matters as well, Parliamentary Committees have been ignored. Therefore, these latest recommendations by the Joint Committee must be taken into consideration by the Cabinet Secretary as she goes about drafting the new set of regulations."
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