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    "speaker_name": "Sotik, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Francis Sigei",
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    "content": " Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity which I have waited for a long time. First of all, I want to thank the Movers of this Motion – Hon. Gichimu and Hon. Mule – for doing us a lot of service. This is a very important Motion. Before I do that, I want to take this opportunity to thank the people of Sotik for giving me an opportunity to serve this Parliament. As I have said before, I have tried it a number of times and the people of Sotik saw it fit for me to come to serve them. I thank them most sincerely. Coming to the Motion, I want say that I support this Motion fully. I want to thank God. God gave us NG-CDF. And I want to believe that, with his divine intervention, we are praying hard for NG-CDF to remain as a lifeline for our people. I want to give an illustration of what happened in my place. Last weekend, there was a fire outbreak in Kaplong Girls and the fire razed down all the teachers’ houses. I went there to support the evacuation of students from the compound. But what made me heartbroken is that when a harambee was called, I was unable to come there because I had no money. And yet, we have an emergency fund in the NG-CDF. We need this money like yesterday. We ask the Cabinet Secretary to release the money because legally, there is nothing which prevents him from releasing the funds to the constituencies. Therefore, we urge the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Finance to release the funds immediately. Another illustration which I want to make here is that this Fund actually supports the orphans, widows, PWDs who are in our constituencies. It supports the poorest of the poor. Therefore, it is a very important fund. Last weekend, I had a family in my house which refused to leave until we give them some money. The constituents do not understand that NG-CDF is not functional now. They think that the MP is there to give out funds. I had to give out my personal money for them to leave my place. This is a bottom-up fund. When the President was here, we heard him support the NG-CDF. Therefore, I stand here to support this proposal and ask that Members of this House fully 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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