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    "id": 938042,
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    "speaker_name": "Kilifi South, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ken Chonga",
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        "id": 13374,
        "legal_name": "Richard Ken Chonga Kiti",
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    "content": "per cent of the total revenue that the Government collects is supposed to address these issues. One of the biggest surprises we are finding is that, a place like Kilifi South, which is among the areas that have been identified to benefit from this Fund, has never seen a single project, 10 years down the line after this Fund was established. So, we are wondering where this money has been going. Who is letting us down? This is because it appears there is a deliberate move by those who have been given the responsibility to manage this Fund to ensure that those areas are encrypted more. We are elected for five years after which the electorate would wish to see what we have done. But, 10 years after inception of this Fund which is supposed to bridge the difference between the developed and undeveloped areas, have nothing to show. Five years will end and if corrective measures are not taken early enough. We will be surprised when 20 years end and nothing has been done. I strongly support the establishment of specific institutions to manage this Fund. Once a constituency accesses this Fund or the local mwananchi gets a structure to voice their concern on the management of this Fund, I believe things will change. Looking at the way things are moving, I concur with my friend Hon. ole Sankok that a whole Kshs1 billion has been spent and there is totally nothing that can be pointed out as having been done. As we speak now, in my constituency there are areas where children could not sit for exams because of the rivers which they could not cross. As we speak now, people are dying because they cannot even access the nearest health centre because of flooded rivers. People are also hungry and cannot access food. There are people who have not been sleeping in their houses and have moved to higher areas because it has flooded all over. Yet, we have this Fund which was specifically brought to address some of these issues. This Bill is timely and this House is supposed to take the necessary measures and summons. Those who have been given the responsibility to manage this Fund should explain. We have walked to the National Treasury numerous times; but the stories we get there are not satisfactory enough to tell wananchi and make them understand something is being done using this established Fund. Structures have to be established. There should be institutions which can be responsible and they can explain how they have been managing this Fund. Otherwise, I do not see the reason why we should have a Fund that is not assisting the common mwananchi . It makes no sense. The mwananchi will still complain and yet these are the same people who pay taxes that go towards funding projects that are supposed to be funded by the Fund. With these few remarks, I strongly support this Motion. I hope very soon we shall come with structures which will ensure that this Fund realises the goal the mwananchi is looking at. Thank you very much."
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