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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lessonet",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to make a statement on the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) disbursements, importantly for the Financial Year 2015/2016 and also to update the House on the progress of disbursements for this Financial Year, 2016/2017. We have 81 constituencies which have received their total allocation. Equally, 163 constituencies have received at least 90 per cent of the allocation of monies for the last Financial Year. Of those 163 constituencies which have received at least 90 per cent, most of the balances is about Kshs500,000 per constituency. The Board is waiting for those constituencies to identify the projects to benefit from that Kshs500,000 which initially had been earmarked for an item called “audit fees”. The Members are aware that it has now been underwritten by the Auditor- General. So, once the 163 constituencies identify the projects benefiting from that amount, the NG-CDF Board will promptly disburse the monies to them. Forty five constituencies which have received on average 50 per cent of the allocation for this Financial Year, for various reasons, that 50 per cent has not been disbursed. The money is there but for various reasons including simple ones like making requisition to the CDF Board, identifying projects and maintaining balances above Kshs10 million in their CDFC accounts, it has not been disbursed to them. Those are the reasons 45 constituencies are yet to receive monies amounting to 50 per cent of the allocation for those constituencies. We have one constituency which has just received statutory allocation for the last Financial Year. It is for the same reasons I mentioned like making a requisition, providing for projects to benefit from monies for the Financial Year and of course the last one being balances above Kshs10 million in those accounts. In this Financial Year, the National Treasury has shown commitment to disburse Kshs25 billion, and I am sure Members are aware now that the allocation this year to NG-CDF is Kshs25 billion. With the new Act, each constituency will receive Kshs81,896,551.70, now that we are sharing this money equally among the 290 constituencies. The National Treasury has shown willingness and commitment to promptly disburse monies to NG-CDF. They have given us a programme which by December, they will have disbursed all the Kshs25 billion. The National Treasury has disbursed Kshs8 billion to the NG-CDF Board. The Board is already in receipt of that Kshs8 billion. The NG-CDF Board will be writing to constituencies to call for proposals so that the NG-CDF Committees can submit proposals towards that Kshs81, 896, 551.70. Once the NG-CDF Board is in receipt of such proposals, they will disburse monies to the NG-CDF Constituency Committees. I would also like to inform Members that the new Act after the amendments has simplified the process. Initially, we were required to table a list showing the budget ceiling for each constituency in this House. It required the Cabinet Secretary to bring a budget ceiling to the Committee that I chair. We have since simplified that. We have given that responsibility to the Board, for purposes of promptness and timeliness. Another issue which Members need to note is that the President assented to the Bill on 13th of this month. Article 116 of the Constitution requires that publication should be done within 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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