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"speaker_name": "Emuhaya, ANC",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Omboko Milemba",
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"content": "Hon. Speaker, my proposed input to this legislative proposal is that whereas most of the money has been allocated for development projects, while accepting the need to increase the percentage of the NG-CDF from 2.5 per cent to 5 per cent, we should create a bigger percentage where we can use recurrent expenditure. If we created a bigger percentage for recurrent expenditure, we can allocate ourselves some functions. I will speak about only two, which are in dire need in our constituencies. One such area is the village elders. Suppose we add a clause to provide that from the 5 per cent that we will be receiving we put a certain agreed ratio of amount to pay village elders. We shall have completely and for once solved the question of village elders, who earn no stipend yet they do a lot of work. So, I am giving a solution to the question of village elders working and not being paid. Another area I would like to give my input into is that of the school feeding programme. Currently, as we all know, most students are in school and there is drought and hunger in the whole country. People are suffering. As we raise the allocation of the NG-CDF from 2.5 per cent to 5 per cent, we should create a provision to allow us to spend that money recurrently so that we have a portion in every constituency which specifically goes to the school feeding programme for our students. We shall have helped this country by making sure that all school- going students have lunch in their schools and, therefore, equalise the feeding and education of all learners. The role of the NG-CDF in our development cannot be trampled upon. I ask those in charge of this Motion to widen out and talk to all authorities. Currently, we have a challenge with the Senate. The Senate says that they were not consulted, but they do not need to oppose a good idea just for the sake of it. They are opposing this idea simply because they say that we did not consult them. However, if the idea is good, I ask Senators not to block it simply because of consultation. We are here and available. The Hon. Speaker is also available. Let the Senate consult you. Let the proponents of this legislative proposal equally consult the Senate leadership, so that when we break and go to the field, we do not have counter-voices, such that when we speak about the NG-CDF being entrenched in the Constitution, Senators do not say that they need to be consulted before it is done. I support the fund created for Senators as well as the NGAAF. Finally, there is a special fund for people living with disabilities. It is unfortunate that the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has decided to change from the old cards to new ones. Unfortunately, persons living with disability, including students in special schools, are being asked to pay between Ksh600 and Ksh1,000 to get the new cards. That is not good. These students are already in special schools and have no money. They already have disabilities, yet you want to surcharge them Ksh600 to Ksh1,000 to get a card. I propose that funds for PWDs and special needs be enhanced, specifically for students in special schools, so that they are accommodated, given food and all their education needs are taken care of. Those funds should be ring-fenced, so that those students learn in the same way others do. As I conclude, the NG-CDF has been very great. In Emuhaya Constituency, we have been able to do so much that I cannot mention it all. Currently, apart from having a technical training college through the NG-CDF, which the Government has now adopted, everything else has been done by the NG-CDF in the absence of county governments. I look forward to this legislative proposal going through to support the people of Kenya. Over the weekend, I attended one of the most precious meetings that we usually do, and unfortunately, everyone was crying about school fees. This proposal should go through very quickly, so that the people of Emuhaya, Kenyans and parents of this country can get bursaries for their children. Thank you, Hon. Speaker for allowing me to contribute. I support the legislative proposal."
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