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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Imenti, Independent",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kathuri Murungi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank the Members of this House who have contributed to this Report and more so to the Members of my Committee who worked tirelessly day and night. They burnt the midnight oil to make sure that we produce this important Report. This Report, as many colleagues have said, is composed of 51 reports because we have done three financial years since 2013 to 2016. These are 51 audited reports. Madam Chair, you served in the Public Accounts Committee and you know what a financial year means. Members have expressed several concerns that I have picked. Number one is about how the NG-CDF is shared among constituencies. Therefore, I will pick with Hon. Maoka Maore who chairs the NG-CDF Committee to see some amendments to the NG-CDF Act 2015 so that we can have a discussion on the sharing of the money. We should still bring amendments or some regulations on how to make effective the oversight committees which are in the law but are not on the ground to provide oversight in order to help the Member of Parliament. After this Report, it is now very open, indeed, to all the Kenyans that Members of Parliament only provide oversight to the NG-CDF, which goes to the constituency. During the sessions we held in 17 constituencies, our concern was with the Fund Account Managers who are the AIE holders. These are the people who appeared before the Committee to answer audit queries. Another important thing is that Kenyans know that money going to constituencies is for Members of Parliament. Kenyans are now clear in their minds that even Members of Parliament do not fear to be audited. Everything is open. I want to assure Members that in the next one year, we want to make sure that we bring reports for all the 47 counties. Already, we are done with Nairobi, we are finishing on Kisumu County next week. I want to promise the other Members of other counties that those reports will be in this House in due course. I have heard us clearly this afternoon about the board. The NG-CDF Board is not operational. If the board is not operational, there is nobody there to constitute forums, to vet, employ or to commission. The Government should listen to this House and confirm the acting CEO so that the board can be very effective. A lot has been discussed. This is not the end of the reports, there will be more reports coming to this House. Therefore, because we have interacted with this Report for three sessions, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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