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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Members, I would like to order that we reorganise business for the House and go to Order No. 11, and then come back to Order No. 10. Order No. 11."
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"content": "ADOPTION OF REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE NG-CDF FOR CONSTITUENCIES IN VIHIGA COUNTY"
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"content": "THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Decentralized Funds Accounts Committee on its consideration of the Reports of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements for the National Government Constituencies Development Fund for five constituencies in Vihiga County for financial years 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 14th February 2024."
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"content": "(Moved by Hon. Gideon Mulyungi on 9.4.2024)"
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"content": "(Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai): Hon. Members, no one was on the Floor on this Motion and so, it is open to debate. Those who are interested in debating Motion No. 11, please, press the intervention button. Hon. Kajwang', are you interested? The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor"
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"content": " Hon. Temporary Speaker, we are still absorbing what has just happened but, anyway, we will have another day. Every dog has its day. The question of audit on National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG- CDF) accounts is important. The other day, I raised a quorum issue because there were just a few of us here. In my opinion, it was better that Members, especially from Vihiga County, be present when we discussed this issue. I am sure the residents in Vihiga County are curious and glued to their televisions to watch how public funds that are sent to their county are used and how those monies are audited. I rise to show how this new Constitution has given mwananchi an opportunity for transparency in the use of public resources. Public resources are first budgeted in this House, and they are allowed to go to the implementer, which is the Executive. It is then transmitted to the people who do the projects, and the Auditor-General has an opportunity to look at the public funds. That report comes to this House to determine whether the audit reports have been acted upon. It gives information different from what people used to know or what the destructors of the NG-CDF have peddled before. They have tried to make us believe that the NG-CDF is something that Members of this House own. However, as you can see, the money is disbursed by the national Government. The Funds then go to the Ministry of National Treasury and Economic Planning and are administered by the NG-CDF Board. The fund manager and project management committee (PMC) implement those projects. The Auditor-General then comes in to see the usage of that money. We come in last to oversee and check the Auditor-General reports because we are the ones who allocate the money in the budget. This is the essence that I wanted to bring out. This is the same thing that happens to the other counties, not just Vihiga County. It is the same situation with Tharaka Nithi. It should also be the same situation in Nairobi County. People should not misuse the only funds from which wananchi gets fruits. I wonder whether the Auditor-General extensively looks at those books for the funds given to the governors and the county governments by the county assemblies. Do those reports go back to the county assemblies, as in this case? However, governors would want to use this National Government- Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) and put their fingers in the honeypot just because they think that this money is not audited and is more like freebies that they can just enjoy, as they did with the money in the counties. We want to show them today. Anyone watching this debate will now see that the county governments are opposed to the NG-CDF, are using the money opaquely, and are not accessible to the Auditor-General. If it is accessible to the Auditor-General, those reports are not brought back to the county assemblies for them to see how those wards or counties have used the monies. That is the point I wanted to prosecute. I have seen the Report and the Committee's decisions. They are very fundamental. However, I have not seen anything beyond salvage in any of those constituencies. I want to congratulate the constituencies for being within their spending levels and giving value for money for existing projects. If you drive around Meru, you will see a secondary school with a board showing what the Member of Parliament has done every time you pass a corner. Everything is listed there. I am still waiting to see the Igembe Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre, which is being constructed by the county. I want to see how the Governor has implemented that school."
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