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    "id": 668542,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Wahome",
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        "legal_name": "Alice Muthoni Wahome",
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    "content": "projects lined up by the Government. We have been slow in disbursing funds and the National Treasury should be clear on how we can exhaust the Budget money within the limited time. Considering that we are going to an election year, the Budget of Kshs1.2 trillion going to development should be released on time. For instance, in the education sector, we have challenges in infrastructure and how teachers are spending money allocated to schools. The good thing is that we have money allocated to infrastructure drawn in this Bill. However, we have contractors who do not do their work properly even after they have tendered and are given jobs. Hon. Speaker, it is important that we hold every responsible ministry accountable to the work they have agreed to do so that as we move forward, we are not told that a certain Budget was moved to another item. The votes and allocations in the Budget items are clear. It is imperative that our Government departments move quickly to execute the business of building and developing the country so that we do not allocate money and no work is done. It is important that corruption is absent in the implementation of our work this year. We want to call upon ministries and departments to be careful. As we oversee, we want to see clear accountability systems and reports as and when necessary called upon to provide. I am happy to note that NGCDF is included in the Bill. As a person who has been following this matter through the Committee, I want to confirm to Members that the case in court is moving on well and there is no need to twin the Appropriation Bill and the court case. We want to believe that NGCDF will remain. The release of the money allocated to NGCDF in the 2016/2017 Financial Year should be done quickly so that before the campaigns, there will be no issues in terms of the work done by the Constituencies Development Committees. Unfortunately, our oversight role has not been reflected in this Budget. Money allocated to the Senate should be used by both the Senate and the National Assembly for oversight. Despite the jurisdiction, I think the National Assembly has a bigger role in oversight. It is not possible that we claw back to the money allocated to constituencies. Therefore, I agree with those who are calling for immediate release of the monies allocated in the Budget. We expect the Budget and Appropriations Committee, and the departmental committees of this House, to follow up on implementation so that the country can get results from the monies we allocate to the spending entities through the Appropriation Bill."
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