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    "id": 661560,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ababu",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 108,
        "legal_name": "Ababu Tawfiq Pius Namwamba",
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    "content": "health centres and rural access roads have been constructed all over the place using the NGCDF funds. If you come to Budalangi, you will see that we have constructed a whole university campus that just opened its doors to students last month using the NGCDF. It was progressively developed over a period of five years. It is a fantastic statement or testament to the transformational power of the NGCDF. This Fund should be supported. I tell those who have been against this Fund and those who have been plotting and conspiring to kill this initiative “shame on you” because if you love this country and if you appreciate grassroots development, you really need to support the NGCDF. I am also confident that even in terms of accountability, audit and reporting, if we adopted a similar model in terms of overseeing country resources, we would actually make great progress because the manner in which the NGCDF funds are audited and reported, leaves very little room for the funds to be wasted. I would imagine if you were to undertake an empirical, unbiased and objective assessment of this Fund, you would actually rate it at above 90 per cent in terms of resources that actually end up in projects that are transformational and changing the face, character and the fortunes of our people and our land across the length and breadth of our Republic. So, I congratulate Lafey, Nyakach and Isiolo constituencies for fulfilling the requirements of the new law. I want to say that as members of this House, let us continue to jealously protect NGCDF. In conclusion, I am really happy that the new law has removed Members of Parliament from direct engagement in this Fund. That is a good thing because NGCDF has also been like a yoke around the neck of a Member of Parliament. Many decisions are made. Using myself as an example, I have never sat in NGCDF committees in my constituency. Many things are done by the NGCDF committee and the Fund Account Manager but at the end of the day, whenever anything goes wrong, it is the Member of Parliament who is crucified. Whenever there are any audit queries, it is the face of the Member of Parliament that is splashed out in the media. So, it is actually a good thing. Colleagues, you should applaud the move that has removed Members of Parliament from the centre of this Fund so that we can just oversee it and make sure that it is functioning effectively and implementing the vision that you have for your constituents and our people. I support, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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