{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138054","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=138052","results":[{"id":1396941,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396941/?format=json","text_counter":298,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Soy, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. David Kiplagat","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2)(c), I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Select Committee on National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG- CDF) regarding management of fund managers by the NG-CDF Board. It is responsible for management of funds allocated to constituencies for development projects. It is also mandated to oversee the selection and oversight of Fund Managers to ensure proper utilisation of resources and adherence to regulations. However, there are a number of constituencies without substantive Fund Managers, thereby affecting operations of the essential funds."},{"id":1396942,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396942/?format=json","text_counter":299,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Soy, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. David Kiplagat","speaker":null,"content":"It is against this background that I request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Select Committee on NG-CDF regarding management of fund managers by NG-CDF Board on the following: 1. What is the number of constituencies that do not have substantive fund managers and the reasons for that? 2. What measures has the board put in place to ensure proper operations and development in constituencies that do not have substantive fund managers? 3. What criteria does the Board apply in the deployment of fund managers to constituencies, including determining the order to be followed when deploying? 4. What plans does the Board have to deploy fund managers to the constituencies that do not have substantive fund managers? 5. How many fund managers are currently not deployed and why? Thank you."},{"id":1396943,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396943/?format=json","text_counter":300,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Peter Kaluma","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":1565,"legal_name":"George Peter Opondo Kaluma","slug":"george-peter-opondo-kaluma"},"content":" Do we have the Chairman of the Committee in charge? That is Hon. Brighton."},{"id":1396944,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396944/?format=json","text_counter":301,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Konoin, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Brighton Yegon","speaker":null,"content":" Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have been serving without a fund manager since October last year."},{"id":1396945,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396945/?format=json","text_counter":302,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Peter Kaluma","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":1565,"legal_name":"George Peter Opondo Kaluma","slug":"george-peter-opondo-kaluma"},"content":" Hon. Brighton, are you the Chairman of the Committee in charge of the NG-CDF?"},{"id":1396946,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396946/?format=json","text_counter":303,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Konoin, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Brighton Yegon","speaker":null,"content":" I am not, Hon. Temporary Speaker."},{"id":1396947,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396947/?format=json","text_counter":304,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Peter Kaluma","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":1565,"legal_name":"George Peter Opondo Kaluma","slug":"george-peter-opondo-kaluma"},"content":" Are you speaking on his behalf? Are you raising something supplementary to what is already raised? You will, in the exercise of my discretion. Proceed."},{"id":1396948,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396948/?format=json","text_counter":305,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Konoin, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Brighton Yegon","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. 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"},{"id":1396949,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396949/?format=json","text_counter":306,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Konoin, UDA","speaker_title":"Hon. Brighton Yegon","speaker":null,"content":"I have not had a fund manager in my constituency for the last six months. The one that I had been given was an absentee fund manager who used to come once in a month or when he felt like coming to work. I consider that a rogue fund manager. We have cases of suspected misappropriation of funds and absenteeism. Efforts to get a replacement of my fund manager have been futile despite the fact that I wrote to the CEO on 31st January. There is no response so far. I have tried to visit the office of the CEO and even call him on his telephone so that we handle this matter. I have not found the CEO in office. Neither does the CEO answer calls to that effect. My students are stranded. We are not able to disburse NG-CDF bursary funds up to today. This is despite the fact that I have more than 100 students on full scholarship and thousands in universities and secondary schools who benefited from this programme. Most of these students have been sent home. The issue raised by my colleague, Hon. David Kiplagat, is valid. We need to answer to this so that we handle those rogue fund managers being protected somewhere. Despite their misappropriation, they are being recycled all over. When a rogue fund manager is chased from a constituency, he or she is taken to another. This circus should stop."},{"id":1396950,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1396950/?format=json","text_counter":307,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Peter Kaluma","speaker_title":"The Temporary Speaker","speaker":{"id":1565,"legal_name":"George Peter Opondo Kaluma","slug":"george-peter-opondo-kaluma"},"content":" Hon. Maungu, do you want to debate this Statement? Say what you have to say in one minute."}]}