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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) T.G. Ali",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Tiyah Galgalo Ali",
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    "content": "Hon. Deputy Speaker, we had meetings with chairpersons of different Departmental Committees and Members of Parliament who raised pertinent issues, for example, the amount of money allocated to the Ministries. During this particular time, I remember there were budgetary issues that were raised concerning dams, boreholes and water pans allocated to the ASAL areas. Hon. Members stated that some of the monies that were allocated through different regional authorities were not channeled towards the needs of the community. I remember some of the projects that were to be initiated in my county Isiolo could not be realized because they were not community-driven and they were supposed to be handled by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resource. For example, the money allocated through the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resource, and also National Youth Service was supposed to be used to build water pans in some of the counties. We realized that, according to the community needs, some of these dams were drivers of conflict. So, the community said no. Some of the things they required instead were rehabilitation, protection, and desilting of the already existing service water in the community. The interaction really helps. Ministries need to relook at some of the things that they are supposed to do under the Ministry’s programmes. We also looked at the issue of cash transfer and the OVC Programme under the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare where I am the vice-chairperson. We realized that there are a lot of challenges in terms of disbursement of money to the elderly and orphans in different counties. It was the decision of the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare that we request for a forensic audit of the fund. This is because in many of the counties this money never gets to the required beneficiaries. We also realized that there are leakages, theft and corruption related to the monies that are supposed to go to the orphans and vulnerable people. So, a quick forensic audit of the social protection funds that are going to the persons with disability, orphans, vulnerable children and the elderly is critical for our Committee. We also looked at the issue of monies that are supposed to be going to the Women Enterprise Development Fund (WEDF), Youth Enterprise Development Fund (YEDF), Anti- FGM and also the Child Welfare Society of Kenya. In our Committee, we also realized that there are new institutions that have not been allocated money despite the fact that they were approved by this Parliament. We keep on passing laws here in Parliament that give rise to institutions without allocating funds for their operationalization. It was the Committee’s decision that as much as we are creating new institutions; we must also reciprocate by giving funding to ensure that at least we do not have institutions that are just there without operational money. At the end of the day these institutions are expected to meet their legal objectives as required by law. During the budget-making process, we also realized that there are quite a number of institutions that are not invited by their mother Ministries. I remember whenever we had our meetings as the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, some of the critical institutions like YEDF, WEDF and the Anti-FGM group were never invited to defend their budgets. Most times the Ministry officials come on their behalf and only present a blanket request in the form of a budget."
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