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    "id": 1191007,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rangwe, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Lilian Gogo",
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    "content": "constituency level, it gives employment opportunities to our youth because they get engaged in construction of structures, roads, and more. The NG-CDF is disbursed to every constituency. I like the idea that if there is a constituency that has more than four wards, more funds would be allocated to it. I rise to support what is on the Floor of the House and at the same time insist that we should not be a House that keeps talking only. We talk and even threaten that we are going to stop business of the House, but at the same time, we go round in circles when we are representing our people. The NG-CDF touches the lives of poor Kenyans. Through the NG-CDF, schools in my Rangwe Constituency now have buses. Many schools cannot raise funds and have students go for scientific tours, music festivals, and drama festivals. Money from the NG-CDF is not for matters school only, but it is also meant for administrative work. When we look at the national Government administration offices, our chiefs do not have offices. I do not know if the concerned department sends money, but chiefs and assistant chiefs work from dilapidated offices yet they are Government officers. From where I stand, a lot of their premises are constructed using the NG- CDF. Rangwe Constituency, for instance, has never had an office, but we now have an ultra- modern sub-county headquarters courtesy of the NG-CDF. This is something that nobody is going to take away from us for the reason that we are defending the people we represent. They have delegated authority to us to come and represent them here. It is on this basis that I insist that this money should be disbursed as soon as possible. We need to do proposals and work has to be done. The issue of bursary has also been raised. I represent a constituency of the rural poor and if it were not for the NG-CDF bursary, very many children would not be going to school. They would have dropped out. We need this money. January is almost here and we need to undertake vetting so that rightful students who qualify get the NG- CDF bursary. I support. I want to ask the Chair of the NG-CDF, who is also my friend and brother, to go out of his way to ensure that this money hits the accounts of the various constituencies so that work can be done. We want to be a working nation. We want to see a difference. We want to be seen to be of concern and value to the people who elected us. I want to quote the former Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Justin Muturi, who is now the Attorney- General, who said: “It is very difficult to find somebody behind this door being called an honourable Member of the National Assembly”. The single most reason we come here is for our people. All energy and any matter touching on our people should be our single most and serious agenda in this House. I want to state without fear of contradiction that we need to work on the matter of the NG-CDF with the speed it deserves. The money should be disbursed to the various accounts of the constituencies, so that we can work in support of the current Government that wants to deliver to the people of Kenya."
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