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    "speaker_name": "Hon. Lessonet",
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        "legal_name": "Moses Lessonet",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to make a Statement. I want to make a Statement in respect of the NG-CDF. The Committee that I chair, that is the National Assembly Select Committee on National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), met yesterday and approved, in accordance with the law, the allocation of monies to each constituency for the Financial Year 2016/2017. As most Members are aware, the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2016 came into force a few days ago on 7th October, 2016. As much as the House had passed that amendment way back, as per Article 116(2) of the Constitution, it provides that the Board, with the concurrence of the Select Committee on the National Government Constituencies Development Fund, shall allocate funds equally to every constituency in each financial year as outlined in Section 34 of the Act. The Board, therefore, presented the allocation list to the Committee yesterday and the Committee duly approved. Allow me to table the allocation list. It will be too long to read 290 constituencies. I will not have to read because the allocations which I am tabling shortly are allocating equal amounts of money to every constituency - Kshs81,896,551.72. That is the allocation per constituency. In that allocation, the Act requires that Kshs4,094,827.59 goes towards emergency allocation and this table shows it. It shows all the 290 constituencies. As I table this allocation list, I would also like to inform the House that when they go to their constituencies over the weekend, we need projects urgently, like today. The National Treasury has done a wonderful job. Out of that Kshs25 billion for the Financial Year 2016/2017, it has already sent Kshs14 billion to NG-CDF boards. So, as soon as the board gets projects from constituencies for this Kshs81 million or thereabout, disbursements will promptly be done to constituency committees. 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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