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    "id": 1193379,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Before the NG- CDF was introduced, there were several attempts to ensure that funds were devolved from the central Government to the bottom in the village levels. Such efforts were done by the former President Moi, and they included the municipal councils and others like the District Focus for Rural Development. They did not optimise or get much out of this because they did not have a structure of operation. We thank the Government of Mwai Kibaki under the Member who finally introduced the CDF. This was the first fund in this country to devolve funds down to the villages, constituencies and locational level. Since then, this fund went ahead to prompt Kenyans when making the Constitution to realise that it was very important to devolve funds. For the longest time, this country operated using Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 authored by one Tom Mboya. It preferred areas that had some development to be strengthened, while those without much development to remain behind. It was hoped that the areas which had attained some form of development would later on, using the multiply effect, pull up the others that were down. Since this fund started, it has served us well. I will not dare repeat what everybody has said on the importance of the NG-CDF. As we make this law, I wish to advise that there are certain areas we have always spoken to in this House, and which are somehow never implemented. For instance, I remember when we came in the 12th Parliament, we talked about the need to enumerate the village elders. I recently saw the same Motion here and it has gone like that. I also saw another Motion on the school-feeding programme. Similarly, we also talked about it at the beginning of the 12th Parliament and equally, this time, we have seen it come and go. What the new Members may not realise is that we always speak about such Motions and do nothing about them. We end up saying “we urge the respective ministries and departments to take action”, but urging has proved to be nothing. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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