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    "id": 1180210,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ainabkoi, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Samwuel Chepkonga",
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    "content": "My constituency is not protected. Constituencies which are protected are those with six wards and about 40,000 voters. Ainabkoi Constituency has 62,000 voters and they have been given more money than us. The national Government does not share its resources through wards. This amendment is inviting. One of my youth groups is participating in the joinder as an interested party to defend the unconstitutionality of the NG-CDF Act of 2015. If they want to organise themselves and think they are very intelligent, I want to warn them. They better be very warned by this constitutional lawyer that they will not get anywhere. If they want to sink the NG-CDF Act of 2015, it will be declared unconstitutional when those of us who have an interest in it go to court. The national Government does not organise the distribution of these resources at the ward level. This is the function of counties. When you come up with an unconstitutional amendment and tell us that one constituency will get Ksh164 million, that is discriminatory and against Article 24 of the Constitution. It is a very simple thing. You do not need to have a master’s degree on this, you can do Constitutional Law 101 offered in first year at the university. I have spoken to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NG-CDF and the very good chairperson, who is my neighbour and I have told him of the landmine he is participating in. We will get into a corner where 21 constituencies will sink the entire Act. You cannot bring an amendment that you passed at the tail-end of 2nd June 2022 when everyone had gone for campaigns."
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