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    "id": 832337,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/832337/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kinangop, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Zachary Thuku",
    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Zachary Kwenya Thuku",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Report by the Special Funds Accounts Committee. I want to congratulate them for bringing their first Report. Among the four oversight committees they are the first ones to present a Report to this House. I belong to PIC and today we had our share of castigation from the Speaker because we have not yet produced a single Report. I wish to register my congratulations to the Chair and his Committee for a job well done. On the same note, I wish to comment on the achievements by the NG-CDF across the country. This is the only fund that is felt across the board. We have other funds which are devolved to the county governments. But, any citizen will tell you that the only projects they can identify are done by the NG-CDF. This being the case, I have always been for the opinion that if we are going to achieve the dreams that the drafters of the Constitution had about devolution then we have to increase the money allocated to the NG-CDF. For us to achieve this, then we have to revisit the law and increase the current amount to one amount that will be accepted by this House. Secondly, there is an issue of stalled projects. After the revision and amendment of the NG-CDF Act many projects were left incomplete. Therefore, we need a way forward on how those projects will be funded like dispensaries. Some of them were initiated by our predecessors, or some Members in this House, on these dispensaries. However, after the amendment of the Act those projects could not be completed. I have several projects in my constituency which the county government has not taken over. This is an issue because they have become white elephant projects. So, I wish the Special Funds Accounts Committee would make some recommendations on the way forward about them so that wananchi can benefit from these investments. Finally, I want to castigate the Executive because it seems like every time they fall short of funds an easy target is the NG-CDF. This is because our money is always reduced to cater for some loopholes in the budgetary allocations of other State departments. This is something we need to safeguard and ring fence to ensure that the NG-CDF’s money is not eaten into by the Executive in case of shortfalls. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker."
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