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"speaker_name": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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"content": " The Deputy Majority Whip, Hon. Waqo."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to this very important ongoing debate. I also want to thank Hon. Otiende Amollo and Hon. Samuel Chepkonga for bringing this Bill. We need to participate in the debate because this Bill touches on the lives of our people, especially the vulnerable. The poverty level in our country is quite high. The only way we can help our people is through NG-CDF and NGAAF. We cannot compare NGAAF to what NG-CDF does or the amount of money it is allocated. However, the impact of NGAAF is quite huge. It has transformed lives. It educates students and brings development closer to the people at the grassroots level. We use the little money we are given very well. The 47 Country Women Representatives exercise good accountability and stewardship of that money. That money has also equalised marginalised parts of this country. Previously, those of us who come from remote areas did not feel the presence of the Government. However, these Funds have taken services closer to our people. It has educated people and transformed lives. We go to the ground to empower over 15 women’s groups, 10 youth groups, and people living with disabilities by giving them a cheque of Ksh100,000. This money is meant to improve their businesses and create job opportunities for them. That way, they create their own wealth and transform their villages. Members have done a lot using NG-CDF. They provide bursaries just like Women Representatives. They have built school infrastructure and constructed technical training institutes. Some have built medical training colleges and supported the national administration. I have seen some even constructing Huduma Centres. We have improved the lives of the people at the grassroots level, brought services closer to them and also created jobs for the youth. Some Kenyans have been fighting NG-CDF because they think that it benefits individual Members of Parliament. It is unfortunate that people in our country like fighting Members of Parliament. Many of us have sacrificed a lot to transform the lives of the people on the ground. I beg the citizens of this country to give Members of Parliament an opportunity to serve them better. We need to support this Bill because it will not benefit us but our citizens. Women Representatives are demoralised because many people want to reduce the little money they get for NGAAF. It is my prayer that the allocation for NGAAF is increased. So, that we can reach many people in the villages who need our support. We are the only ones who understand the needs of women, youth and people living with disabilities in the villages. With those few remarks, I support the Bill."
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"content": " Bishop Kosgei."
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the outset, I also wish to support this Bill that proposes to entrench NG-CDF and NGAAF in the Constitution because of two reasons. First, is the impact of these funds on the citizens since their 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": "establishment several years ago. It has been said that you cannot deny citizens a right that they have legally enjoyed. You can only enhance it. Secondly, the impact of this Fund is evident. The best way to enhance it is by entrenching it in the Constitution. It is beneficial to citizens of this country. I support it because of devolution. The very spirit and intent of the Constitution by bringing devolution was to transfer power and bring resources closer to the people. Primarily, the drafters of the Constitution wanted to bring governance closer to the people thus foster greater public participation and equitable resource allocation."
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"content": "The question before us should not be whether to have NGCF or NGAAF. Rather, how to enhance devolution. This is one way of boosting the right of citizens to participate in an equitable manner through legal and practical means. This afternoon, as we undertake to have the Funds entrenched in the Constitution, I appeal to all Kenyans of goodwill to appreciate that this is one way of enhancing devolution in our country. With that, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I thank you."
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"content": " Very well. The Member for Teso North, Hon. Kaunya."
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"speaker_name": "Teso North, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Oku Kaunya",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to add my voice to this debate. I support the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 4 of 2025) to entrench NGCF, NGAAF and the Senate Oversight Fund into the Constitution. I want to emphasise one important thing that NG-CDF has done in the country. It brought inclusivity and equity. It has provided resources to communities like the Teso and marginalised constituencies like mine. I want to give an example of when I came to Parliament in 2017. Teso North Constituency had no government training institution or college since independence. Through NG-CDF we established a committee to work around the clock. It has established four institutions that have over 4,000 students such as the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) with over 700 students. The students walk from their homes in the villages to the colleges. Therefore, the cost of training has gone down. Even poor sections of the community can access education. We have a Technical Training Institute (TTI) with over 3,000 students. We established a National Youth Service institution operationalised through NG-CDF. We have also established a campus of Kenya Institute of Highway and Building Technology (KIHBT). Without NG-CDF many marginalised areas in this country would not have developed. Therefore, entrenchment of NGCF in the Constitution is key. It will ensure that there is inclusivity and equity in development. Secondly, the entrenchment of these Funds will alleviate poverty in affected areas. Children who are unable to access education because of poverty are provided with bursaries. Only NG-CDF bursaries are felt on the ground. So, we need to enhance the bursaries allocation. Again, I can give the example of my constituency. More than 2,000 students have been fully sponsored by NG-CDF to undertake different courses in various colleges. More than 30,000 students have benefited from bursaries and are able to remain in school. Apart from sponsorship of students, NG-CDF has improved the infrastructure of schools. I support the idea of entrenching this Fund. This is because Kenya has been experimenting development strategies so as to progress. At Independence, there was Sessional Paper No. 5 on African Socialism and its Application to Development in Kenya. One of the things we were trying to experiment then was to see how best we could achieve equity, development and distribution of resources as well as political devolution. We talked of regionalism. Over time, in the 1980s we had 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": "the District Development Committees (DDC). I happen to have been a District Commissioner (DC) during those times. The DDC was an instrument that the Government used to ensure participation by local leadership and departments at the district level in planning and distribution of resources. Devolution brought in counties. The whole experiment of counties and NG-CDF is a progression. As of today, NG-CDF has proved to be working. Therefore, we need to entrench it in the Constitution, especially now that we have counties as devolved units. After entrenching this Fund, we should consider entrenching the Ward Development Fund to ensure that devolved funds allocated to county governments reach the grassroots. So, as NG-CDF reaches constituencies, we want county government funds to also reach the wards. So, the public can really feel the development. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I support the entrenchment of NGCF, NGAAF and SOF in the Constitution. I urge all Members to turn up so that we give the Bill the two-thirds support."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Martha Wangari",
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"content": " Member for Mandera. She has walked out. Member for Kwanza."
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