MPs Blame Treasury For Blocking projects By Detaining CDF
Members of Parliament on Tuesday, August 24 accused the Treasury of sabotaging projects and educational scholarship by failing to release the first quarter’s Constituency Development Fund allocations.
Otieno Cynthia 
According to the Members of Parliament, the delay by the Treasury to release cash meant for the 290 constituencies had held back planned projects.
“The total allocation to CDF in this financial year is Sh41.714 billion but none has been released two months in the financial year. The projects and bursaries meant for the student have been sabotaged,” Wafula Wamunyinyi said.
Out of the Constituency Development Fund budget of Sh41.7 billion, each of the 290 constituencies has been allocated Sh137 million for development in the year to June 2020.
Mr. Wamunyinyi, who chairs the National Government Constituencies Committee of the National Assembly (NGCDF) has called for the Treasury to release part of funds before December to allow MPs to finalize the project.
“I appeal to you that even as the Treasury prepares to release the allocations for the first quarter, prepare a project proposal for the NGCDF to approve to fast tract planned projects,” the Kanduyi MP told lawmakers in a brief on the status of NGCDF disbursements.
The Treasury allocated NGCDF Sh41.7 billion in the current financial year out of which Sh137,880,879 will go towards projects in each of the 290 constituencies.
