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    "id": 886192,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ali",
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    "content": "In Part V on the Miscellaneous Provisions, Clause 18 states that county assemblies do legislation. This is important so that when it comes to Clause 18(1)(a) where it is making further provisions for the criteria for the allocation of funds to wards under this law, it is important that they make proper legislation which cannot be misused by the county administration. Otherwise, we might end up in problems. The most important in that sub-section is (d) which states:- “Outlining the format of preparation and submission of the list of, and the description of, projects proposed by the entity for funding pursuant to this Act.” This is because if they do not do the right things, then this can be misused. Clause 18(e) says:- “Determining the minimum and maximum number of projects that may be undertaken in a ward to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in utilization of funds under this Act; I am saying this because the CEC obviously will to go the wards and when they are doing the criteria of approval of proposals for the projects they might put projects where they think they can eat or get funding continuously for several years. So, putting in place gigantic projects which may not be helpful to the communities in those areas should be curtailed by this legislation by the county assemblies. Otherwise, you will see the building of stadiums or big dams and all the money which has been allocated to the ward might be channeled into that project. This might be repeated in the subsequent years and this might not be very helpful to the communities in those areas."
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