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    "id": 832517,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kathiani, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Robert Mbui",
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    "content": "Service (NPS). The Members can put up facilities at the request of the public, but the staffing of the facilities is not the responsibility of the Member. When a query like that is posted out there, Members look like they have done something wrong, but they have done their work and built the facilities. I saw a query about why we built a dormitory for two years. The dormitory is worth Kshs5 million and the money is not enough. We hardly have enough money. It makes sense to build half of it in one year and then the other half in the next year. That becomes an audit query. It is posted out there and makes Members look bad. It is important that we address those queries in a manner which gives people an opportunity to discuss the issues, raise them and talk about them on the Floor of the House. The recommendations by the Committee are excellent. It is important that the CEO is confirmed. If he has been doing a good job for seven years, clearly, that is more than enough experience for us to know that he can do it. He should be confirmed. There is also the issue of withholding funds for accounts that have more than Kshs10 million. I was a victim of that problem. I noticed our money would be held back because we had money in the account which had not been removed. Part of this money is already committed for example, to bursaries. I have noticed that when we give a lot of money through bursaries to universities and colleges, many times they do not present the cheques immediately because they are not from the same universities. They may be from different parts of the constituency and by the time they get together and take the cheques to the colleges, it has taken time. Sometimes colleges are on recess and so, the money remains there. Unfortunately, this money remains in accounts and make it look like there is still a lot of NG-CDF money. That is really unfortunate. This is one of the things we need to address."
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