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    "id": 1194220,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Baringo North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Makilap",
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    "content": "the constituencies to oversee what goes on in their constituencies. It is not only the Senators who would do the oversight. Members of the National Assembly also do oversight. We should anchor this fund in the Constitution. The business of the Judiciary is to affirm the Fund that is already in the Constitution but not to destroy this particular noble Fund that sorts out the children of this country. Those of us who come from insecurity-prone areas consider this a critical Fund. There is a child whose parents have lost all their livestock, and probably some whose parents have been killed, and this is the only Fund that can support such children in our constituencies. Going forward on this particular matter, I want to thank, Hon. Mule and Hon. Githinji from Gichugu: The faster we amend the Constitution and anchor NG-CDF in the supreme law of the land, the better the children of this country would be. The schools in this country are what they are because of NG-CDF. Without it, so many things would go wrong. This is a Fund we want to protect so that any other human rights groups do not interfere with it. I wonder whether these activists have children going to school, or they are bachelors and spinsters. They need to be scrutinised. As Parliament, we require an advisory opinion from the Attorney-General to advise the current Cabinet Secretary to release the NG-CDF money before we go for recess. The sooner we stop any other business in this House until this amendment is done, the better for our country. This is a matter of life and death. Many Members were able to come back to the 13th Parliament because of how their constituencies were able to distribute the NG-CDF. The projects under it gave them a name and the citizens were able to re-elect them. Without the NG-CDF, some Members would probably not have come back. That tells you that the NG-CDF holds the fabric of elections in our country. The NGAAF is also very good. Many women in this country have got support from it. In my Constituency, we were able to get some water tanks, goats and many other things. We were also able to sort out the things that are required by our culture. I would, therefore, be one of the promoters that we increase the allocation to this Fund to 5 per cent that has been earmarked in this Amendment. There are constituencies which have not been able to produce a doctor or a pilot. If we enhance the Fund to 5 per cent, we will, in turn, enhance the percentage of bursaries in our constituencies. This will in turn be able us to sponsor a child who has scored an A, A- or B+ to pursue a course that nobody been sponsored to pursue in a particular constituency. This is so that we can have skilled personnel in our country. If we rely on KUCCPS, they will admit people even in far flung areas to courses that cannot even be attractive in our country. The five per cent will, therefore, give us a further opportunity to expand the sponsorship gap so that we can be able to attract skilled manpower in our country. The Constitution envisages that functions should be follow by funds. Today there are so many functions that have been taken to the county governments but the resources do not follow them. This is so that we can be able to capture those other functions in respect of which the Constitution is on our side. We need more resources to follow the functions that have been earmarked for the national Government. I, therefore, do not envisage any debate from the Senate to reprimand the National Assembly to an extent that this money belongs to Members of Parliament. It does not. It belongs to the functions that have been left out by the Constitution. With those remarks, I support."
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