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    "id": 880449,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/880449/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiminini, FORD-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr.) Chris Wamalwa",
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        "id": 1889,
        "legal_name": "Chrisantus Wamalwa Wakhungu",
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    "content": "When you put into consideration the value of time whereby suppliers have supplied cement and sand and you stay for so long without paying them, some of them want to increase the cost. I have had a situation where when you purchase land and six months down the line money has not been paid, the owners feel that you must revalue that land and they increase the cost. So, it is important that we must work on time. Another issue I want to speak on is that the public should know that Members of Parliament are not involved in running the NG-CDF. The NG-CDF has undergone a lot of metamorphosis. The law has changed. The person who runs the NG-CDF is the fund manager with the NG-CDF committee. Many times, you find people following the Member of Parliament and telling them: “I want you to give me a tender.” Members of Parliament do not give tenders. We have NG-CDF Committee and we have a project management committee (PMC). It is the one responsible for issuance of tenders. We are telling the public to know that. I also want the Auditor-General also to understand. This is because as the Auditor-General goes to do the audits, he follows Members of Parliament. If there is any audit query, the person responsible is the AIE holder who is the fund account manager. The fund account manager is an employee of the Ministry of National Treasury and Planning, through the NG-CDF Board. It is important for this issue to be understood because many times when the Auditor-General’s reports are tabled here, people say that a Member of Parliament has misappropriated funds. It is said that ignorance is no defence. They should look at the law. The NG-CDF law is different from the one that was in the 5th and 6th Parliaments. It has undergone a lot of changes. I am told initially Members of Parliament were being given cheques to walk with and issue them the way they wanted. Currently as the law is…"
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