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"speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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"content": "The Mover of the Bill mentioned that these monies are appropriated from the Government’s shareable revenue as envisaged in Article 218 of the Constitution on the annual division and allocation of revenue. Even if that money is not allocated to the NG-CDF, the NGAAF or the Senate Oversight Fund, it will not go to any other place. It will not help any other person. Therefore, we should support this amendment. The Senate Oversight Fund will assist our Senators because it will be a structured fund that will allow them to perform their oversight roles and go to the different counties that they represent to ensure that the county governments’ funds are properly spent. As it has been said, the position of Women Representative is entrenched in the Constitution. It does not make sense for them not to have funds in place to enable them to perform any of their roles outlined in the Constitution. If we do not ensure that the vulnerable and affirmative action groups such as women, persons with disabilities and the youth have allocations that can assist them, nobody will do it. 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."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Irene Mayaka",
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"content": "While recently visiting Migori County, I saw people being given tents, chairs, hairdressing equipment, machines and even posho mills. Those items help people to generate income for themselves because we do not want to be legislators who give the community fish to eat. We want to enable our communities to fish for themselves. We will then be developing the nation in the right direction. I will stop there so that I allow other colleagues to speak to this Bill. However, I just want to encourage the whole country and fellow Members to support the entrenchment of this amendment in the Constitution, so that we do not have constant issues where people keep going to court to try and stop these noble funds from taking effect. Instead, we will have a seamless process where the funds are able to do what they are supposed to do. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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"content": " Hon. Wachira Karani."
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"speaker_name": "Laikipia West, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Wachira Karani",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.4 of 2025) by Senior Counsel Hon (Dr) Otiende Amollo and Hon. Samuel Chepkonga to entrench the NG-CDF in the Constitution. I wholly support the amendments and I thank them for coming up with this noble idea. Where I come from in Laikipia County, we used to be frequently attacked by bandits from neighbouring communities to the extent that many people contemplated moving out of the area. However, through the NG-CDF, there has been a transformation including the construction of police posts and police stations. In the past, our chiefs worked from their homes because they did not have offices, but since the NG-CDF was introduced, a lot of transformation has taken place. We are very grateful that our chiefs and assistant chiefs now operate in a very hygienic environment and the area has become habitable."
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"speaker_title": "Hon. Wachira Karani",
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"content": "There is a lot of transformation in education. The NG-CDF is sponsoring 492 students in day schools across Laikipia West Constituency who previously could not go to school. When we would visit the villages, villagers would present cases of children who had been at home since their exam results were released. The children had been admitted to secondary schools but could not join the schools because they did not have money. The NG-CDF has helped such students who are now in school and are very happy. There is a lot of infrastructural transformation in our constituency and across the country. When we went for public participation, there was a very big turnout in my constituency because people are happy with what the NG-CDF has been doing. I am very grateful. In our counties, a lot of money has been received. However, Senators who are supposed to conduct oversight have faced constraints as is the case in my county. It is a very vast county. It has three constituencies, but it is spread out widely. Moving from one corner to the other to inspect the projects being implemented by the county government is a major challenge. This Fund will enable the Senator for Laikipia and others to travel across their counties and provide the necessary oversight. With those few remarks, I support."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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"content": " Whip of the Majority Party."
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"speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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"content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this Bill by Hon. Chepkonga and Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo that seeks to entrench the NG-CDF, the NGAAF, and the Senate Oversight Fund in the Constitution. This country has come of age. Those who served before us in this House know exactly where this country has come from in terms of delivering resources to the common mwananchi . We 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."
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"content": "have two levels of governance – the devolved units and the national Government. It is important to note that even as we continue advocating for funds to flow through county governments, there are elements that remain within the national Government structure that are still critical to people in the villages and constituencies. With a well-regulated system, the impact of these funds is felt in those areas. These matters include education, security, and other services. Unfortunately, there is a misconception that NG-CDF is a fund managed by Members of Parliament. Far from it. Even under the current structure, Members of Parliament have no role in the sharing or operation of the NG-CDF. That is why it is called the National Government Constituency Development Fund. It is a Fund under the national Government, with an autonomous governance structure. We have the NG-CDF Board that undertakes approvals. We have the Constituency Fund Managers who are employed by the NG-CDF Board. We also have constituency committees that collect views from the common wananchi, where the role of Members of Parliament is extremely limited. It is strictly oversight, as provided for under Article 95 of the Constitution. That is all. What Members of Parliament do when they visit NG-CDF-funded projects in their constituencies is simply to exercise oversight. To assess whether the Fund is being utilised properly and whether the projects align with what the local committee proposed and what the Board approved. People have this misconception that Members of Parliament sit somewhere, access the accounts, allocate the money and make some changes. That is false. I often challenge people on this. If there is a fund that cannot be easily misused, it is the NG-CDF. It is time we replicated the NG-CDF model within county governments. NG-CDF disburses funds to the constituency with a clear vote structure. This percentage for bursaries, this percentage for infrastructure, and so on. Members of Parliament have no discretion over it. The idea that a Member of Parliament can wake up and decide to withdraw Ksh1 million from the NG-CDF account is simply not possible. It is not practical. You cannot do that. What we do is oversight. What we are now proposing is to entrench these funds in the Constitution so that the impact is safeguarded. When you compare the funds that come through the NG-CDF with those sent through other devolved units, the NG-CDF stands out. Its impact is visible. In the constituencies, you can point at a school built by the Fund, a school bus bought, students whose fees were paid and police posts constructed. I even saw one case in Nairobi, my former colleague in this House, who in the last Parliament built swimming pools in Nairobi schools through the NG-CDF. Those students have gone on to compete nationally and internationally because they were given that opportunity. That is why some failed weird quarters are viciously fighting so that the Fund does not get the common mwananchi because they know they have no ground against an empowered mwananchi . People tend to suppress others to use them for their ulterior motives. This Fund helps a lot when it comes to the public. It elevates educational standards. It is felt by"
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"speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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"content": ". I say this not as a politician, but as someone whose life was personally changed by this Fund. When NG-CDF was first introduced, I was in Form One. Hon. Omingo Magara paid my school fees through this Fund. At the time, school fees was about Ksh3,000. When I saw my name on the notice board, I was very happy. I had dropped out of school. I had no money. I had started doing menial jobs in the village. I had no place to sleep. I wanted to be in boarding school, not because of academics alone, but because I had no one to cook for me or house me. At that time, Hon. Omingo Magara, as the Member of Parliament, the NG-CDF was not under the Board. It was a bit direct. He paid my school fees through the NG-CDF. While the structure has evolved since 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."
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