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    "id": 918930,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/918930/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Igembe North, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Maoka Maore",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13344,
        "legal_name": "Richard Maore Maoka",
        "slug": "richard-maore-maoka"
    },
    "content": "Firstly, the allocation for this financial year is Kshs41.84 billion, after a proposal by the National Treasury and the Ministry of Planning. That is from Kshs38.749 billion in the annual development estimates of the Financial Year 2019/2020. It was later increased by Kshs3 billion by the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC). That is how it ends up being Kshs41.84 billion. The NG-CDF Board, in concurrence with the National Assembly Select Committee on the NG-CDF determined the Third Quarter Report of the project proposals, approvals, disbursements, status and restrictions imposed on accounts of constituencies for the Financial Year 2018/2019 as at 10th June 2019. So, the Report captures the allocation of the Financial Year 2018/2019 of Kshs33,286,162,000 out of which Kshs28 billion has so far been received from the National Treasury. This, therefore, translates to an outstanding receipt of Kshs5,286,162,000 for the current financial year. Based on the foregoing, the Board has disbursed to 290 constituencies Kshs19,922,392,919 while Kshs4,077,000,000 was disbursed to constituencies with pending balances for previous financial years' allocations. Based on the deliberations of the third quarter, the Committee made the following recommendations: (i) The National Treasury should ensure that the remaining Kshs5.28 billion is released by the end of July to allow constituencies to implement approved projects. (ii) The Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury should ensure that Kshs4,976,750,000 unremitted by the National Treasury and owed to the NG-CDF Board is provided for in the Financial Year 2019/2020. (iii) The NG-CDF Board should fast-track and submit to the National Assembly a comprehensive list of all incomplete projects countrywide, clearly categorising those that have stalled because they either lie in the category of devolved functions, were initiated without authority of the Board or, were underfunded, among other reasons. (iv) The Board should come up with punitive measures on constituency committees with low absorption rates. (v) The Board should also enforce clearance of outstanding issues as a prerequisite for processing requisition for funds for subsequent financial years. (vi) The Board should come up with remedial measures on how to enhance timely submission of project proposals and absorption of funds. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
}