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    "id": 721792,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Mwaita",
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        "legal_name": "Sammy Sila Komen Mwaita",
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    "content": "or three CEOs annually. This Fund, which is the workers’ money, has become a cash cow for many people. The Committee has made a recommendation on the issue of who should meet the cost of the infrastructural development, now that all the plots were sold as serviced plots. It is true, as the Member said, that this is like a private public partnership. The purchasers of the plots must meet the cost of putting up roads, water and other services like shops. No money from the workers should be put into this. I am not sure this has been implemented since 2014 when the Report was submitted and tabled in this House. That is neither here nor there. If this House can approve and adopt this Report, it should be forwarded to the Committee on Implementation to ensure that no other workers’ money is put into this project. A lot has been lost. As I conclude, I would like to talk about how those plots were sold. We were told that a number of the plots were sold on cash basis. We were not told how the cash was received. Was it just across the counter? Was it by way of banker’s cheques? This needs to be investigated further as the Committee recommended. Some of that cash may not have reached the coffers of the NSSF and the value for money for the workers may be in jeopardy. With those few remarks, I beg to support the Report."
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