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    "id": 1193590,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1193590/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Moiben, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Phylis Bartoo",
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    "content": "Members of Parliament have played a very big role in using this Fund. Being a first- time Member of Parliament, I have witnessed the transformation in Moiben through the NG- CDF. I have seen the construction and refurbishment of schools, which still had earthen floor classrooms and which made learning problematic. I was a teacher and I know that there are buses that were bought for schools. There are some places where seeing a school bus is a miracle. We have witnessed students benefitting from school buses, which also act as a motivation for learners to work hard. When you see students going for music festivals or school events, you realise that there is a lot of excitement regarding the kind of bus their school is using. It gives them motivation to stay in school. Schools compete in terms of the sizes of their school buses and how they look. We have seen the construction of chief’s offices. One MP has said that he constructed a court for the Judiciary and yet, it is the same Judiciary which is trying to do away with the NG-CDF from constituencies. Maybe, they were not informed when making this decision. Maybe, they need to be told that they were also beneficiaries of that same NG-CDF. Maybe, they did not understand. Funds that are set aside for construction have helped to employ many youths. We are currently looking at industrialisation in Kenya. We are facing unemployment. Many youths are unemployed. If the NG-CDF is not there to help in construction in constituencies, where will people get jobs? We have plumbers, masons and tradesmen all getting jobs and business people in the construction industry making money. Lack of NG-CDF is bringing about unemployment. It seems like we are retrenching people when we are supposed to be creating employment. I add my voice on behalf of the people of Moiben. When we go to the constituencies, the first thing that people ask is if the NG-CDF will still be there. People are worried. The NG- CDF has become a human right. Taking it away from the people is like violating their human rights. We have children at home who cannot go to school or register for exams because they do not have bursaries. Where will the Member of Parliament get money to put those children in school? I agree that we request our head-teachers to keep those children in school and not chase them away. Do not let them go home because they do not have school fees, as we battle to anchor the NG-CDF in the Constitution so that life can go back to normal. What the courts did violated the basic human rights of Kenyans. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Let me donate my time to other Members of Parliament, so that they can also add their voices to this legislative proposal. I support it in totality."
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