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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kipkelion, East",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Joseph Cherorot",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Motion brought by Hon. Gichimu and Hon. Mule about NG-CDF which is an equalizer because it balances all the constituencies. With it, your political affiliations do not matter. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have so many students who have graduated and so many other Kenyans who have benefited from the fund. We also have infrastructure in schools which have been constructed through the fund. As I speak, most of them have a lot of problems. Every morning I receive text messages about bursaries because Kenyans are relying on it especially during this time when there is a severe drought and economic challenges. Most students are at home. This afternoon I received a message from one of the parents telling me that his child had been sent back home. If NG-CDF was there, right now I am sure none of the students would be send home since it would help to mitigate, especially for those poor parents who cannot manage to raise the fees. We also have widows who rely on the NG-CDF. In most cases those parents and students who appreciate more are the ones from poor backgrounds. The fund has really helped us in this country to uplift the lives and standards of Kenyans. I want to say that this fund should be entrenched in the Constitution so that we protect it and even increase it by 5 per cent which is going to be of more help. The amount that is usually disbursed for NG-CDF is not enough. I support and believe the rest of the Members are going to agree with me that we have to top it up. There is also the NG-AAF. In our area during the last Parliament I saw a lot of pads which were being supplied to schools bought through the fund. I also saw so many other projects. I want to say that even the Senate Oversight Fund has to be entrenched in the Constitution to make sure it is protected. The current structure of the NG-CDF provides for it to be run by officials other than the Member of Parliament, which I am okay with because it is run in a proper manner and with sanity. However, when we are considering especially those students in need of bursaries, we have to give priority to those who are from poor backgrounds. I support the Motion and donate my remaining time to Hon. Moroto."
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