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    "content": "I wish the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance was here, because the CDF Act requires that at this time of the year, we are supposed to have remitted 50 per cent of the Kshs12.3 billion to the CDF Board. However, the Minister succeeded today to remit only Kshs5.3 billion out of the expected Kshs6.15 billion. We still want to congratulate him because he is performing better than us in terms of remittances. Certainly, the 100 constituencies that have submitted their proposals can now access their 50 per cent or more of their requirement. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with regard to the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP), we participated in coming up with the rules of implementation. I wish to take note of the fact that the implementation is really going to be difficult. I was hoping the Minister would give us some flexibility in the implementation of this ESP. We are aware that in terms of the model school, they intend to give us Kshs30 million. However, the situation is different in every constituency. We thought that the Minister would be flexible enough and allow the local ESP committees formed in every constituency to be the implementing agencies. We wanted the Treasury to trust them with the money and the implementation remains the work of the local committee, whether it is for the dispensaries, the schools or the jua kali shades. Finally, we really need a new Constitution as a country. I want to call on all of us who own political parties in this House to go slow on the subject of the Constitution. We do not want extremely hard positions by the owners of political parties. We hope that at this time when we are going for recess, we will not see another “Tononoka” or “Chepalungu” because that only serves to harden positions. We hope that when we come back in February, 2010, we will be able to perform our role as Parliament in terms of delivering a new Constitution for this country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, while I close my remarks, I would like to thank the Government, especially those people in Government who the Constitution has given them dictatorial tendencies – for going slow in, at least, ensuring that the people of Mau have been allowed to stay by the roadside. We are aware that those with the dictatorial tendencies at one time wanted to throw tear gas at the people so that they vacate the roadside. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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