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PRESS RELEASEKasarani Constituency Devolved Funds:

Decisive Action Needed to Curb Pilferage of Public Funds

NAIROBI, Sept. 22, 2010The Government should urgently launch investigations to establish

the amount of money voters in Kasarani have lost because of stalled projects, corruption and

diversion of funds with a view to prosecuting those found guilty.

This follows a social audit of the running of devolved funds allocated to Constituency by the

Government which reveals massive irregularities in project choice, procurement and management

of resources awarded to various projects in the area by the funds management committees, said

Ms. Wanjiru Gikonyo the National Coordinator, The Institute for Social Accountability (TISA)

and Mr. Francis Anyenda Programmes Oficer, Shelter Forum.

In Kasarani Constituency, there are very low completion rates especially with CDF Projects.

Similarly, a large number of projects are stalled or abandoned. With this statistics, it is evident

that laxity and embezzlement of inancial resources might have taken place. Punitive action

should be taken on the oficials and contractors responsible for Mwiki/Dandora Footbridge and

Korogocho Market oficeGikonyo and Anyenda noted.

Another issue of concern is the situation where CDF oficials are contractors and at the same

time members of project management committees which is a conlict of interest in procurement.

There were 3 instances of corruption. All these 3 projects are stalled with no records on the

implementation process.

TISA, Shelter Forum and Ufadhili Trust also want the Kasarani CDFC, The Ministry of Local

Government, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Planning, National development and

Vision 2030 to proactively disclose project information including work plans, bill of quantities,

contractor proiles and contractor agreements as a way of allowing accountability and

transparency in overseeing public monies.

It is alarming that CDF projects in Kasarani constituency are being implemented without

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project lists. Despite numerous requests, the social auditors were not provided with up-to-date

project lists. These are also noton both the CDF Boards and Kasarani constituency websites,

which is a contravention of the CDF Act, according to the three organizations.

Section 28 of the Amended CDF Act 2007 provides that the Board will submit monthly

reports to Parliament on the status of approved projects and their status and a summary

of disbursements to the constituencies. The Board is not updating this information onto the

website demonstrating that it is either deliberately withholding information or not generatingthe needed information and is therefore in breach of the law.

Presently Kasarani CDF and LASDAP oficials routinely and systematically withhold information

from the public and deny citizens the opportunity to engage eectively in their own local

development. We hereby call upon the CDF Board, Kasarani CDFC and the LASDAP desk to

institute a proactive information disclosure policy with a view to promoting accountability in

CDF and LATF management.

Another trend evident Kasarani constituency and wards visited is that project beneiciaries are

locked out of the implementation process.

Background

The validation forum is part of the Nairobi-Kisumu social auditcampaign which targeted three

decentralized funds: Constituency Development Fund [CDF], Local Authority Transfer Fund

[LATF] and Economic Stimulus Programme [ESP].

The NairobiSocial Audit campaign was jointlyundertaken byThe Institute for Social Accountability

[TISA], Shelter Forum and Ufadhili Trust. The campaign targeted three decentralized funds:

The Constituency Development Fund [CDF], TheLocal Authority Transfer Fund [LATF] and The

Economic Stimulus Programme [ESP].

The validation forum aims at getting feedback from constituents, duty bearers and other actors

in the constituency and verifying the indings ofthe report.

A social audit is a process that seeks to evaluate how well public resources are being used to

meet the real needs of target beneiciaries. If wellimplemented the social audit is an important

tool to enable localcommunities inluence localdevelopment outcomes.

The Nairobi-Kisumu Social Audit Campaign aimed at: Creating awareness oflocal governance

institutions, identifying resources and opportunities for citizen engagement through social

audits and the Utilization of the socialaudit indings to lobby for reforms.

Since June 2010, with the help of stakeholders, the Kasarani Constituency social audit team

visited a total of 14 projects out of which 11 were CDFand 3 were LATF. Vital information about

the utilization and management of inancial resources allocated to these projects was collected

and compiled into a preliminary report.

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The Institute for Social AccountabilityNumber 1, Wendy Court, David OsieliRoad, off Waiyaki WayP.O. Box 48353 00100 Nairobiinfo@tisa.or.ke www.tisa.or.ke

Rattansi Educational Trust Building,1st Flr. Koinange St. P.O. 14041,00100 Nairobi Kenya Tel: +254-020-343061/2; +254-720366195 Fax:+254-020-343067 ufadhilitrust@ufadhilitrust.org www.ufadhilitrust.org

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