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    "speaker_name": "Tigania West, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) John K. Mutunga",
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    "content": "should go to the wards. It is not provided for in law or in the Constitution. It is illegal to even discuss the WDF. I believe this proposal can be amended to include the WDF. This particular proposal will have to go to the Senate, which also has its issues. Even if we include the Senate Oversight Fund, senators have issues with wards in the counties. They basically support MCAs in oversight. It will be good for us to set aside a certain proportion of the money allocated to counties as WDF to purposely support specific development in the wards. Guided funds are important in the sense that they support development better. All these funds target specific areas. Their scope is not limited. We need to undertake development in various fronts: water supply, security and medical care, among other areas that need support. These funds are not in vain. If we include the WDF, it will support some of these specific areas. I believe Members will support this proposal in large numbers. It is important that once the amendment is done, it is immediately followed through by a guiding legislation and regulations. The guidelines should be discussed by the people so that they can know how much money should be allocated to specific development activities. The use of the NG-CDF is guided. People know that 5 per cent goes to bursaries, 6 per cent to managing the office and 6 per cent to emergencies. I would like to point out one thing on emergencies. The NG-CDF enables us to respond in real time when there is an emergency because the money is already there. For instance, if the roof of a classroom or classroom block is blown off by wind, you have to go to the National Government to look for money. The bureaucracies involved and the rigid structures that we have cannot enable such an action to be taken as fast as is desirable. With the NG-CDF in place, the response to emergencies is almost in real time. The guidelines are very important. Therefore, we would like to emphasise that these Funds, even though they will be integrated in the Constitution, must be defined precisely in terms of the functions they will undertake and areas of focus in view of the development endeavours they will target."
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