MPs address ‘loopholes’ in CDF Act 2007

Members of the National Parliament will address loopholes in the Constituency Development Fund act of 2007.

According to the Committee for the CDF, amendments will address current weaknesses in the implementation of the Fund.

The CDF is available to members of parliament to fund projects within their communities.

According to a recent committee report, 99 million pounds from the CDF was embezzled last year, and only one 1% of the fund was implemented.

Speaking to Eye Radio, the Chairperson of the CDF Committee, Beatrice Aber Samson said that the review of the Act will mean improved service delivery in the counties.

“It gives more say to the citizens at grassroots level because they will identify their projects and they will pick the categories that will manage the projects.”

Beatrice Aber said that bureaucracy manage the CDF have often paralyzed the implementation of constituency projects.

She said the body charged with the monitoring and implementation of the funds will now be the Constituency Development Committee at the national parliament.