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    "id": 768298,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ng’ongo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "John Mbadi Ng'ong'o",
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    "content": "In a nutshell, I am saying and pleading to those committees. I am not pleading to my colleagues here. You are no longer in charge of NG-CDF. Even the courts affirmed the same. If you try to touch NG-CDF, you will be in trouble. You will be jailed. You are no longer in charge of NG-CDF. Those committees which are in charge of NG-CDF should make sure that they prioritise the needs of those areas properly. As Members of Parliament, I still insist that the law we passed which gave us the powers to oversee the CDF must be implemented. I say so because one of the reasons why NG-CDF has succeeded more than any other fund is because these politicians are accountable. Even if you joke, after five years, you will be voted out. We have seen people, and I will not name them, who had issues with managing NG-CDF when it was in our hands in their constituencies. They are not here. Majority of them served for one term, and they were voted out. If you want to follow suit, then sit there and relax. The National Government Constituencies Development Fund’s legal framework has taken it away from you. Perception of the members of the public is still that you are still in charge. Therefore, you need to oversee the use of this money properly. If we are to oversee the usage of this money, the oversight committee we created has to work. I do not know how it died. I thought we had formed a Committee that could oversee the Fund. Whoever is going to be the chair, I hope Hon. Lessonet will not be the Chair again, let him or her be active to make the monitoring of the Fund vibrant."
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