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    "id": 1183093,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1183093/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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    "content": " No wonder the Ministry of Education was very hesitant to roll out that project of Junior Secondary School miniature classrooms. Many of them dot our schools. Based on what I see in my constituency, I estimate 60 per cent of them are incomplete. However, they have exhausted the budget. There is not a single NG-CDF project you will find in my constituency that is incomplete and the budget is exhausted. I have given an example of my constituency because I know it better than any other person. In most cases, with NG-CDF Committees, it is the members of the public who implement those projects through their Project Management Committees. They complete projects and probably even have a saving that they then use to equip those classrooms. Therefore, I cannot underscore the value of NG-CDF. It does not help the Member of Parliament, but the public and the economy of the country. When you implement those projects at the local level, money is devolved. You buy cement and sand, and procure masonry and local labour. Money is left at the local level, unlike when you roll out Government projects at the national level. As we compose or constitute this Ad Hoc Committee, it is quite important to engage positively with all stakeholders. I encourage public participation in this Ad Hoc Committee to be not only restricted to Parliament, Senate and Government agencies, but also to go down to the people in the villages. Hear the value of NG-CDF from the people."
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