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    "id": 832446,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mwingi Central, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Mulyungi",
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        "legal_name": "Gideon Mutemi Mulyungi",
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    "content": "index. It is because there are constituencies which are very rich and well-endowed with wealth while in my Mwingi Constituency everybody wants food when I reach there and children cannot go to school. So, when you allocate money equally, it becomes a big problem. I suggest that we consider poverty when allocating this money so that we are all equal or we become equal in Parliament and also improve our chances of coming back to Parliament. I suggest that the functions or projects which the NG-CDF is supposed to do be increased. We receive a lot of requests, especially of water. I cannot do water because it is devolved. I cannot do health facilities because they are devolved. The only things I can do are schools, bursaries and security. If I go out there and commit a crime, I am sure I will land in the police station I have built. So, this spectrum should be expanded to include health facilities so that we can share with the county governments. Water and access roads to schools should be included. One cannot even take building materials to some of the schools we build. It is because roads are not there and the county government has gone to sleep. Some governors are fighting with some MPs. If a governor is fighting you, he or she will not do roads in your constituency. These functions should be expanded so that all these are included in our mandate under the NG- CDF. I also support that disbursement of the money be timely so that there are no delays in executing projects because we are on a five-year contract. Almost one-and-a-half years are gone. If this money does not come quickly, it means you will do nothing. I now even understand why His Excellency the President was complaining the other day that his CSs are delaying implementation of his projects. Even in my constituency, the fund manager is also delaying me in implementation of my projects because of untimely delivery of this money. I agree with these recommendations and also what Hon. Kioni mentioned about fund managers. These fund managers think they are gods. They become like your boss when they land in that office. We are no longer the bosses. It becomes so difficult. We are elected. We have a performance contract of five years while these are civil servants. They do not care at all whether projects are done or not. Therefore, I want to support Hon. Kioni’s recommendation that there must be discipline among these fund managers. Discipline must be instilled in them so that they know that they are serving Kenyans and that Kenyans deserve these projects being implemented with public money. Some of them are even too notorious. You do not even know who their boss is in the constituency is. They come to the office when they feel like. A fund manager can decide not to come to the office for a whole week. As a Member of Parliament, I do not know what to do, unless I come to the CEO and report. That is not my business though. The fund managers must be disciplined. There must be rules. Who is their boss in the village to ensure that they report to duty and they deserve the money they earn?"
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