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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Narok South, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Korei ole Lemein",
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        "legal_name": "Korei Ole Lemein",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, let me indeed thank the chairperson of this particular Committee, my very good friend Hon. Kathuri, and your Committee. This is the first time this House, through our Standing Orders, we have created this committee to oversee NG-CDF. I looked at the recommendations of the Committee and they are very good. They will go a long way in improving management of NG-CDF. Indeed, there are a number of bottlenecks and of course every Member in this House understands. I have heard the issue of trying to introduce electronic cheques to schools. This is a wonderful recommendation and I think it is going to remove a number of bottlenecks in this particular area. This is a very interesting Report and I believe it is going to be quite debated in this House, because every Member in this House has some experience in one way or the other as far as NG-CDF is concerned. When you look at the issue of sharing fund managers, you realise that it is not a new phenomenon. It is happening and it is indeed true that it delays the operations of the two constituencies or one of them. At the end of the day, the beneficiaries suffer. It is not only the fund managers; there are other situations where constituencies even share a District Accountant. At times, getting access to a certain accountant becomes a problem. By the end of the day, time moves and the beneficiaries of the funds suffer. Therefore, this Report is very good. It will go a long way in eliminating some of the bottlenecks that this fund has been facing. I want to agree with the chair that some of the audit queries that the Auditor-General raises are issues that can be resolved administratively. For example, if you cannot avail a payment voucher or a bank statement—basic accounting documents—then by the end of the day the Member of Parliament is being blamed just because of an administrative issue! Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, by the end of the day and by the time this House adopts this Report, it will be of immense help to the fund managers and the committees. 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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