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    "id": 668512,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wakhungu",
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        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "when we do not have any allocation? As we move on, it is high time Members of the National Assembly knew how we are going to fund the oversight committees on the ground. Research has shown that 70 per cent of good plans fail because of lack of implementation. As we implement the projects that the Jubilee Government has maybe prioritised, particularly on infrastructure and security, we call upon them to implement the projects as planned when it comes to electoral reforms. We know that oversight of Government departments and programmes are done through parliamentary committees. Unfortunately, we are not getting reports on time from our Departmental Committees. How I wish we get periodic implementation reports as we move on, so that we know what the ideal or actual situations are so that we identify those gaps. Such gaps can be filled before we get to the end of a financial year. When the reports come, we do not have the indicators. Money is being appropriated but when the report on the implementation comes, the indicators are not there. It becomes very difficult to measure and make ministries accountable. On the issue of absorption, you will find that money is allocated but the appropriation levels are very low. When you ask, you are told that the Exchequer takes time to release the funds. This is affecting project implementation. Even when it comes to the NGCDF, I know that there are constituencies which to date have not received the monies allocated to them. This is the case and yet the financial year has ended. In other words, low disbursement of funds by the National Treasury is affecting project implementation. Hon. Speaker, as we do this to the national Government, is also important that the same is done at the county level. You find governors spending money on things that do not make sense. When you ask the MCAs they say that they did not approve such expenditures. It is the work of the Senate to ensure that governors do the same. The Senate should help MCAs to effectively play their oversight role over county executives so that whatever funds are spent in the counties add value to the people’s lives. I have been a worried person as far as the NGCDF is concerned. I do not want to discuss much on a matter that is before court because of the sub judice rule, but it is my prayer that conservatory orders are not issued so that the NGCDF funds can be released to enable the NGCDF the continue doing the good work that it has been doing over the years. Where some of us come from, we have orphans who cannot acquire education without help from the NGCDF. If you go to the counties, you will find that the only visible projects there are the NGCDF projects. As much as the county governments are given billions of shillings every year, there is nothing they can show for that money. It is only the high level of corruption that is visible. Corruption has been devolved to counties and we must look for a mechanism for containing that vice. That is why I am emphasising to our colleagues in the Senate, now that Kshs1 billion has been given to them. That is not campaign money. They must use that money to ensure that the projects at the counties are being implemented to the letter. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support."
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