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    "speaker_name": "Luanda, DAP-K",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Dick Oyugi",
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    "content": "am a new Member in this House, and one of the things I can confess is that CDF has done a lot in this country. There are a lot of things out here courtesy of the fund, namely, schools, police stations and chiefs’ camps have been built. Therefore, we need to entrench the fund in the Constitution so that it is ring-fenced against some activists who appear to be on foreign payroll or something of that kind. It is not lost to me that many young men, women and children depend on the NG-CDF for bursaries and scholarships to better their future. Luanda, for instance, is a rural constituency, and a majority of people in Luanda are small-scale farmers and traders. Raising fees for their children is always a big matter. I ran my campaign on one agenda, namely, to support a majority of people in paying school fees for their children in order to achieve their dreams. Therefore, by abolishing the NG-CDF, this will be akin to condemning thousands, if not millions, of young children with ambitions and dreams for greater things into oblivion. I beg my colleagues that it will not only be important for us to discuss this matter, but also to be present on the day of voting and give 100 per cent support to this great amendment. I am aware that there are chiefs, for example, who operate in mobile offices or right from their homes. These are matters which can be covered under the NG-CDF. Out here, there is a perception that the NG-CDF is only meant for Members. As a new Member of this House, I have witnessed competitive recruitment of members of the NG-CDF committees to implement programmes on behalf of communities, and I do not have a role in this process. Therefore, it is very much out of order for a few people out there to say that this kitty is meant for Members of Parliament. When I look around this House, I see men and women with candidates in school. A majority of young boys and girls who desire to be great men and women in this country look upon the NG-CDF to support them in their programmes. I, therefore, support the entrenchment of other funds like the NGAAF, the Senate Oversight Fund and the Economic Stimulus and Empowerment Fund in the Constitution. The funds will support many other programmes in villages. I support."
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