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"content": "There is need for flexibility in the rules regarding emergencies. There are times when the emergency in the eyes of the public, may not look like emergency for the board that is approving emergency expenditure. That is an area we should look at. I do not know of any fund in Government which is as cost effective as the NG-CDF. The overhead is actually the lowest of any fund I know. So, as Members of Parliament, we may pat ourselves on the back that this is where we get value for money. What is spent on administration is the lowest. I think this is a fund that we should support. The only problem that I have realised and which the Committee may need to look at, and which I want to bring to their attention is the arrangement that some fund managers in constituencies are also acting as regional managers. I have found that it takes their time; they are away from their constituencies most of the time because they have been 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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