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    "id": 884408,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Bondo, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Gideon Ochanda",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion, but I want to mention a number of things. For sure, this is a troubled Fund. If you trace it in the last six years, you realise that there is very serious trouble with the Fund. I want to believe that the trouble is not so visible because it touches on Members of the Assembly. First, this Fund has not been properly domiciled for the last five years. It has been swaying in between departments in terms of which department houses it. It is very good that this time round it is housed under Ministry of the National Treasury and Planning. Before, it was under the Ministry of Devolution and Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and the next time it was in a different place. This is why it has been so difficult to have a board for the Fund. By the time a Cabinet Secretary settles down to realise that they are supposed to make appointments, their term is gone and nothing is done. That is why the Fund has functioned for five or six years without a very clear board. As this board comes into place, there are a number of things they need to look at. A critical one is the issue of arrears. In real sense, there should be no arrears. The board needs to be very clear that when funds are not utilised in a specific financial year, those funds should remain with the board. They should not go to the National Treasury. This is why they are talking about arrears with Treasury. Treasury on the other hand says that they do not know whether there are"
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