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    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Dennitah Ghati",
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    "content": "one of my recommendations, I would vouch for an increase in the percentage of bursary fund in NG-CDF to enable so many children in rural areas to access education. Many people have seen NG-CDF. It is working. This is the best fund that we have seen. We have grown seeing NG-CDF funds working. In all the 17 constituencies of Nairobi County that we evaluated, we realised the importance of NG-CDF in terms of schools, renovating infrastructure and education. Everyone who has grown up in this country has a history with NG- CDF, especially children in rural areas who would never have gone to school because of lack of fees. As we interacted with these audit reports, we realised that Fund Account Managers at the constituency levels had been posted to constituency offices. I would suggest that as we move forward, Fund Account Managers should be given a number of years to stay in a certain constituency. I want the board to take that as my suggestion and ensure that there is a law that says the number of years a Fund Account Manager can stay in a constituency. There are some Fund Account Managers who stay in a constituency and get so acclimatised to the constituency that, sometimes, the Member of Parliament has no much say. We need to enact laws to say that a Fund Account Manager can stay in a certain constituency for three, four or five years and shift to another constituency. That way, we will be creating an environment where so many other Fund Account Managers can come in and bring their expertise within that constituency. We also need Fund Account Managers to go through a regular training programme by the board. There are some Fund Account Managers who do not have one or two ideas. So, we need to ensure that we put minimum standards of a Fund Account Manager in terms of managing funds in constituencies. It should be a requirement. For me, NG-CDF is the best thing that ever happened to this country. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support the whole Report. I look forward to getting into other counties where we are going to analyse the audited reports of various NG-CDF accounts. I am a Member of Parliament representing people living with disabilities (PWDs) and, for once, we see the NG-CDF committee at the constituency level has representation of the youth and PWDs, so that it is very clear that PWDs’ needs can be addressed. As we move forward, we are including everybody, even in the designing of programmes that affect the people. With those few remarks, I congratulate the Chair and support this Report."
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