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    "id": 879844,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Maoka Maore",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13344,
        "legal_name": "Richard Maore Maoka",
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    "content": " Hon. Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44(2)(c), I rise to issue a statement on the status of disbursement of funds by the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) Board during the Financial Year 2018/2019. The Committee has since deliberated on the matter and engaged the Board and has come up with the following update: (i) During the Financial Year 2018/2019, following approval of the Budget ceiling for each constituency by the National Assembly, the Board management issued a circular on 30th October 2018 requiring each constituency to submit their project proposals by 30th November 2018. (ii) The Board, in meetings held on 6th and 19th December 2018 and 7th February 2019, deliberated on 281 project proposals that had been received from the constituencies. One constituency submitted its proposals after the Board meetings referred to above, hence it is awaiting deliberations by the Board in its next meeting. Eight constituencies are yet to submit their project proposals. (iii)In the 2018/2019 Financial Year, the Fund has been allocated Kshs33.28 billion, out of which Kshs10 billion has so far been received as follows: On 26th October 2018, Kshs4 billion; On 23rd November 2018, Kshs2 billion; on 8th February 2019, Kshs2 billion; and on 11th February 2019, Kshs2 billion; total, Kshs10 billion. On disbursement of the funds to the constituencies, due to the pace of replenishment of the Board’s main account, the following criteria was adopted and used by the Board: First, priority was given to constituencies’ requisitions with respect to previous financial years; second, 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."
}