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    "id": 832377,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndaragwa, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jeremiah Kioni",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 49,
        "legal_name": "Jeremiah Ngayu Kioni",
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    "content": "I was giving that background. While we agree that there is this thing about separation of powers, and we have men and women known as Fund Account Managers who are supposed to help in the administration of NG-CDF at the constituency level, my experience in the last one year has nothing to do with what I saw during the 10th Parliament. The mwananchi from Ndaragwa and every other corner has a clear understanding about CDF. If it does well, it is because there was some direction given by the Member of Parliament. If it does not perform, they will send the Member of Parliament home. Now we have a bunch of Fund Account Managers… I call them a bunch because I have not had a good experience with them in the last one year. They think that you, as a Member of Parliament, has literally nothing to do with it and you are a stranger. They need to be told that they are the strangers in our constituencies. They are the employees of the Government. My employees are the members who voted for me and my term is five years. The Fund Accounts Managers will move on to another constituency and I will be sent home if they mismanage those funds. We know that we can only give some ideas and it is supposed to be outside the control of Members of Parliament. However, I do not know where that misinformation came from that a Member of Parliament cannot say anything because he or she is the Funds Account Manager. They need to get it clearly. This is a creation of Members of Parliament and it is meant to serve those who elected us because we are the ones who promised them that we were going to do some things for them. If Members are not careful with this, the fund managers will send us home. They may send us home before our term expires. I can tell you but I am sure that is not going to happen in Ndaragwa. I would rather close those offices if they cannot listen to what we are saying."
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