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    "id": 1017968,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Wajir East, WDM-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Rashid Kassim",
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        "legal_name": "Rashid Kassim Amin",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to add my support to this Report presented by the Special Funds Committee. The contribution of the NG-CDF in terms of development in the society is extremely important. It has changed the lives of many people, particularly those interested in pursuing education. It has improved infrastructure and construction of classrooms as well as other aspects within its mandate. It has done much improvement particularly in support of security matters by way of construction of police lines and sub district headquarters. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the NG-CDF has been transformative in terms of its allocation and support to development in the rural areas. There is a similar arrangement at the ward-level in some counties in the rural areas where Wards Development Funds have been established though not anchored in law. If you compare the contribution of the NG-CDF and the Wards Development Funds, particularly in equal amounts, you will realise that the NG-CDF has a mark that is visible in terms of infrastructural improvement in schools and other sectors. Therefore, I suggest that as we proceed with the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), we increase the NG-CDF allocation to between 5 and 10 per cent so as to have meaningful improvement on our people’s lives. We can realise an increment in terms of the NG-CDF contributions if we increased it to five or 10 per cent so as to have a meaningful improvement. One thing I have noted is that the Government of Kenya has rolled out 100 per cent transition. This means every child who finishes class eight has to proceed to secondary school. The Government despite initiating the policy, failed to initiate commensurate development or allocate funds for classes, other infrastructure and laboratories. So, the NG-CDF has become very handy in supporting the 100 per cent transition rolled out by the Government of Kenya."
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