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"content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to make a very brief report. The new National Government Constituencies Development Fund Act, 2015 has been in operation from 19th February 2016. The regulations also came into effect on 30th March 2016. Pursuant to those regulations, I would like to inform the House that the following 23 constituencies have nominated nominees to the constituency committees, popularly known as the Constituencies Development Fund Committees. They are: Nakuru Town West, Gatundu South, Gatundu North, Marakwet East, Marakwet West, Bonchari, Ruiru, Nyaribari Masaba, Mwea, Fafi, Lamu West, Kilgoris, Starehe, Ndaragwa, Kigumo, Endebess, Suba, Chuka/Igambang’ombe, Kitutu Masaba, Tharaka, Rabai, Kathiani and Masinga. The nominees of those 23 constituencies have been processed by the CDF Board, and they will shortly be before this House for approval, in accordance with the CDF Act. We still have 267 constituencies whose nominees we still await. I would like to request Members to lobby their fund managers to lobby the nominees from the constituencies’ offices to fast-track that process. Further to that, I would like to inform the House that disbursement of funds by the National Treasury to the CDF Board is on schedule. Out of the Kshs35 billion allocated this Financial Year, the National Treasury has disbursed a total of Kshs24 billion to the CDF Board, which must also have been disbursed to the constituencies. This tells us that the constituencies are holding a lot of money in their accounts. But they cannot spend it for the reason that the constituencies committees are not in place. Therefore, I call upon the selection panels, wherever they are in Kenya, to fast-track that process. Hon. Speaker, you will have noted that the Members of this House stood firm. We now have different people nominating the members to the CDF committees. Therefore, I urge hon. Members to ensure that they tell those people to hurry up and complete the process. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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