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    "speaker_name": "Kajiado North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Manje",
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        "legal_name": "Joseph Wathigo Manje",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I do not know why it is creating interest while I am standing. All the same, I want to contribute to this very important Report by the Special Funds Accounts Committee that has gone round and has come up with a report of the NG-CDF Accounts of Kisumu County. It did the same for the Nairobi County. Thank you very much. Continue doing this. I hope you will do the same to other counties. I want to let the Kenyans know about the NG-CDF model because it is one that needs to be understood clearly so that people can see how and why Members of Parliament keep on insisting that this is a kitty that is getting to the grassroots. If you check the way money is disbursed by the national Government to do projects in the country and in the county governments, contractors are contracted directly by either the county or national Government. But when it comes to the NG-CDF model, money is given through the constituency, and then directly to the community. It is the community that comes up with the project management committees. They sit down and elect a committee that oversees a project. Therefore, this is managed by Kenyans themselves. It is like returning taxes to the taxpayers at the grassroots. It is the grassroots person who knows what is needed. That is the difference between the NG-CDF model and the other two county government methods of taking resources to the grassroots. This model has been benchmarked by other countries. They come to this country and take NG-CDF as a unique model. Therefore, it should be emphasised and taken care of. I also want to say this money is very little compared to the other monies allocated to the financing areas. If you compare the NG-CDF kitty to the money that goes to the counties, you will find that in a county that gets about Kshs5 billion, the constituencies combined will take less than 10 per cent of that amount. So, we should increase the NG-CDF kitty because it is the money that goes directly to the people. Members of Parliament, given that they represent all constituencies, are better placed to oversee the supervision and implementation of this kitty. Another issue that we have to know is that Members of Parliament, to some extent, supervise this kitty when they go round their constituencies checking how the NG-CDF projects are being carried out. In other words, they go to the grassroots where the projects are. When it comes to oversight of this money, it has a different oversight that the county governments do not have. The people themselves supervise implementation. It is like they audit the Members of Parliament. By the way, many Members of Parliament are evaluated by their constituents through the implementation of NG-CDF projects. They will tell you: “This Member of Parliament is good because he is building schools to the required standards.” This means that there is another way of making sure that, at least, Members of Parliament are properly evaluated by what they do. It is not acceptable at this age for a country that, after so many years of Independence, our schools are in very pathetic situations. Members of Parliament are able to see. Unfortunately, they do not have enough money to renovate them. Like in my constituency, if I get enough 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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