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    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. John Mutunga",
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        "legal_name": "John Kanyuithia Mutunga",
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    "content": "There is an issue that has come out, which I think is notable. This is the issue of assets transfer upon split of constituencies. We also have possibilities for merging of constituencies. We need to have procedures for asset transfer or asset consolidation. This issue comes out across the entire country. It needs to be looked into very seriously. Even as I support the adoption of this Report, I would like to support what the previous speaker has said. She has clearly indicated that the Board is interim. This is one country where the interim phenomenon is becoming permanent, which is tantamount to breaching the law with a lot of impunity. It is misinterpretation of law. I am wondering where Okiya Omtatah is in terms of these issues. Why is he not highlighting them? This is because this is the only country where people act in offices for four or five years. I would like to highlight an example in the Ministry of Agriculture, where the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA) is being managed by a totally interim staff. There is no board. There are only interim staff members who were transferred from previous institutions to AFFA. They have been interim for the last five years. So, you wonder what the law says about interim. The law is clear that you do not exceed six months. After six months something must be done. You should either be confirmed or sacked. So, they keep on renewing this, which I think is a breach of the law. That is why I am asking where some of the people who actually follow up implementation of the law are so that they can highlight the issue of interim officials. To wind up, I would also like to point out that the Report notes inadequate support from the national Government subcounty administration, and especially on the issues of accounting. We do not have fully-fledged offices which can do accounting. Accounting has to be centralised whereby the central accounting office of the Government is the one that is used in the management of NG-CDF. In some cases, although the Report is not explicit, there may be delays as a result of issues raised in the accounting system. Those are the issues that we need to look into. We should also ensure that even as this Report is done, there is need for us to reach out to other State Departments and Ministries which also support the implementation of projects by exercising caution and arousing their consciousness about this process with due diligence. I support the Motion."
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