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    "id": 1193562,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kiharu, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Ndindi Nyoro",
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    "content": "One of the features that are very enviable in as far as the NG-CDF is concerned is that as we grapple with issues…. When we are budgeting or expending public money, the elephant in the room is always about how we spend most of our money on recurrent expenditure at the expense of development expenditure. The NG-CDF is a great learning tool even to the national Government on how to render services to the Kenyan people. Out of Ksh100 that is remitted by the NG-CDF, only five per cent goes into expenditure that is recurrent in nature. Now, Ksh95 out of the Ksh100 goes into tangible projects that benefit the community. I can cite many examples because I have gone to various constituencies. But I want to site my constituency. Kiharu Constituency is the largest rural constituency in the entire Mount Kenya region with regards to size and population. We have around 112 public primary schools and the NG-CDF has transformed all of them. They were totally dilapidated rural schools but they currently look like academies. In Kiharu, the children of ordinary parents now go to classrooms which are tiled - and by tiled I mean we have refurbished all the school amenities. Like many other constituencies, we have also done a lot in the security sector by supporting our administration and security officers as well as installed security lights. Therefore, this Fund has been very integral in the development of our regions and localities in terms of enhancing security. Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is only one thing that I would like to invite this House to look into because I am sure we are very reasonable people. I am also speaking to the other side of the sphere that when we get to the Third Reading - it might sound far-fetched. But we need to be preparing. We need to front a percentage that will be acceptable by all parties. This is a House of debate and negotiations. Even the budget-making process is a negotiation. I am sure we will cross the bridge when we get to the river so that we come up with a percentage that will be sustainable and acceptable to all parties. We should not squeeze too much and lose too much as we chase what we are chasing. I am sure the promoters of this Bill are reasonable. They are my friends and we will sit down so that we can have a percentage that is acceptable so as to remove all the hurdles on the way and entrench NG-CDF in our Constitution."
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