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    "id": 832334,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kwanza, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ferdinand Wanyonyi",
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        "legal_name": "Ferdinard Kevin Wanyonyi",
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    "content": " Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I take this opportunity to thank the Chair of the Special Funds Accounts Committee, Hon. Kathuri for having done a very good job and the substantive Speaker has alluded to this. In his Report, I want to appreciate the fact that the NG-CDF which was created for the benefit of all of us is poorly funded. Therefore, in my view, we should revisit this issue and amend the NG-CDF Act so that we can increase its allocation which is only one per cent as per the monitoring and evaluation budget to about two percent. The NG-CDF is very important in terms of development in our areas and therefore, it should be funded directly. Secondly, and this was noted by most Members is that the Committee noted that the current NG-CDF Chief Executive Officer (CEO) whom we all know is doing a very good job, is still in acting capacity, seven years down the line. I am a Member of this Committee and I remember we had a discussion and confirmed that the CEO of the NG-CDF should be confirmed to that position. Therefore, we should fast track this because, in my opinion, he is doing a very good job. Another limitation is having more than Kshs10 million in the NG-CDF bank account. Sometimes we give out cheques for various projects such as bursaries to schools and colleges and people do not deposit them on time. We may want to fund other projects but we find the NG- CDF bank account still has over Kshs.10 million. Therefore, the NG-CDF Board cannot give you money and you urgently require it. So, I wish this money was reduced to about Kshs.3 million because Kshs10 million is a lot of money and sometimes there are delays in disbursement of cheques by the NG-CDF Board because an account is having Kshs10 million or more. I am sure this Committee noted this and therefore it should be reduced to Kshs5 million or less. Lastly, during the debate most Members mentioned that some of the projects which were initiated by the NG-CDF before devolution, like heath centres and water projects are still at a 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."
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