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November 17, 2019
The Senate has introduced a new bill that seeks toconsign the management of constituency projects initiated by federal lawmakers.
The Bill when passed, would deny ministries,departments and agencies of the Federal government from having any input inawarding contracts for projects captured under the constituency fund.
The Bill seeks the setting up of a special fund madeup of 2.5 per cent of yearly budget to be dedicated to constituency projects.
It also stipulated that the fund when set up wouldbe managed by the Rural Development Department of the Federal Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development.
The MDAs also award the contracts and determine theexecution of the projects.
In a bid to forestall the repeat of the developmentin future, a former Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, has sponsored the“Constituency Development Fund Bill, 2019”, which scaled first reading on thefloor of the red chamber, on Tuesday.