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    "content": "(CDF) by the National Taxpayers Association (NTA). He sought clarification as follows:- Who assigned this NTA the work of auditing the Fund; whether the personnel involved is qualified and licensed to practice in accordance with the law and what action the Minister will take to ensure that this organization does not peddle falsehoods which are injurious to the integrity of the Members of Parliament. I have the following Statement to make. I would like to state that nobody instructed the NTA to conduct the audit of the CDFs. According to its website, the NTA is a national independent, non-partisan organization formed to support good governance in Kenya through strengthening citizens to Government and citizen to citizen accountability. Their mandate is to carry out independent social audits and promote the effective use of taxes by the citizens. The legal status of this organization is unclear as they are not registered with the Non-Governmental Organizations Co-ordination (NGO) Council. The organization is headed by an executive director by the name, Mr. Kenneth Masime, whose qualifications we have so far not been able to establish. The NTA has posted information on their website that they have countrywide network with regional co- ordinators. With regard to the action that I have taken, as soon as the information appeared in the media, I directed the CDF Board to issue a rejoinder in the local dailies, which they did. In the statement, the NTA and other organizations, both in the public and the private sector, keen to study, analyze and investigate or constructively criticize the management and the actual utilization of the CDF were advised to verify the information with the CDF Committees and the CDF Board to prevent cases of serious misreporting of the facts. We have communicated with the NTA and implored the organization to verify any information on the CDF programme before publication. Thank you."
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