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    "id": 1193456,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Embakasi Central, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Mejjadonk Gathiru",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. At the onset, I support this Legislative Proposal by Hon. Mule and Hon. Gichimu but before I contribute to it, let me take this chance to thank God, the people of Embakasi Central Constituency and Kenyans at large for giving me a chance to serve as Member of Parliament for a second term. I also congratulate Kenyans for the way they voted. They remained calm and agreed to let the Government that was elected to work without the demonstrations that we used to see previously. I thank every Kenyan who participated in the election. On the NG-CDF), as a Member of the NG-CDF Committee of the National Assembly in the 12th Parliament, this proposal is timely. We had the problem of the NG-CDF not being anchored in the Constitution. The NG-CDF and the NGAAF have been helping many Kenyans. Currently, many university and secondary school students are at home due to lack of school fees. Most of them rely on the bursaries that Members of the National Assembly and Women Representatives usually give them. So, I support this legislative proposal. The NG-CDF has helped many needy cases. In Nairobi, we have a shortage of classrooms. Using the NG-CDF, we have been able to build many classrooms that have helped us reduce the ratio of students to teachers from 1:100 to the recommended 1:40. I urge the House to support the amendments. When the Proposal goes for public participation, I urge Kenyans to support the amendments. In the NG-CDF Act, there is 2 per cent allocation that is supposed to be used for environmental management. That money will go a long way in helping each constituency to take care of its environment through planting trees and cleaning rivers. We are currently talking about climate change. The big problem is that we have not planted enough trees. Using the NG-CDF, many Members will be able to add to the number of trees planted. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if you visit many constituencies, you will find that 90 per cent of the developments you see have been done using the NG-CDF. I support the Legislative proposal by Hon. Mule and Hon. Gichimu. We should all support it. 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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