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    "id": 827544,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/827544/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mandera East, DFP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omar Mohammed",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13416,
        "legal_name": "Omar Mohamed Maalim Hassan",
        "slug": "omar-mohamed-maalim-hassan"
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    "content": "The NG-CDF is established under NG-CDF Act 2015 Act as amended in 2016 with an objective of addressing poverty and regional development imbalances by dedicating a minimum of 2.5 per cent of the national Government share of annual revenue towards community driven development projects in every constituency identified and implemented at the grassroots level. Further, Section 34 provides for the basis for budget ceilings. Specifically, the Act states that the budget ceiling for each constituency shall be the amount specified in Section 4(i) divided equally among all constituencies subject to the provisions of Section 8(1) and Section 23 (1). Section 8 states that a portion of the fund equivalent to five per cent herein referred to as emergency reserve shall remain unallocated and shall be availed for emergencies that may occur within the constituency. Section 23(1) provides that the expenditure for running the board and related purposes shall be set aside at the beginning of the financial year and not more than five per cent of the total allocation to the fund in the financial year may be used for this purpose. The annual budget shall be approved by the Cabinet Secretary with the concurrence of the National Assembly committee. Based on the above provisions of the law, the board’s provision of the proposed budget ceiling for 2018/2019 Financial year is as follows: 1. The total allocation is Kshs33, 286,162,000. 2. Five per cent allocation to the NG-CDF Board is Kshs1,664,308,100. 3. Five per cent for emergency reserve is Kshs1,664,308,100 4. The amount to be shared equally among constituencies is Kshs29,957,545,000 5. The total allocation to constituencies is Kshs31,621,853,900. Therefore, the proposed allocation per constituency is as follows: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}