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    "id": 1194401,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "West Mugirango, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Stephen Mogaka",
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    "content": "not going to school because of lack of school fees. The NG-CDF has done miracles for many homes, and the last thing we want to hear is that there are any suits coming up again against the NG-CDF. The best way to insulate the NG-CDF is to anchor it in the Constitution, as we are doing. We will make Kenya proud when we all go home knowing that never again are our children going to be threatened by being sent home from school because there is no NG-CDF support. My additional remarks are that the legislative proposal is again the best thing that has ever happened, because it has helped every Member to have an opportunity to not only endorse the legislative proposal, but also by our conduct, assure the nation that we shall not only be here present voting for the Bill, but we shall also mobilise our electorate when required to vote for the referendum if we get there. The problem that the courts have had with the CDF was that it seemed to be tapping money from the national Government revenue, and this has already been cured in the NG-CDF Act of 2015. But while we know that the majority of the courts concerns have been addressed in the NG-CDF Act of 2015, the best way to bring an end to any attempt of sabotage the operations of the NG-CDF is to entrench it in the Constitution. During the Amendment Bill debate, I see that since the NG-CDF is performing some of the national Government functions in the Fourth Schedule, we will be engaging the national Government to use the constituencies as the bottom most unit for planning for development so that as much as possible, the national Government’s budget is cascaded to the constituencies to make the constituency the bottom most unit of planning and development. The Government that has come into office has promised Kenyans that it is going to follow a bottom-up approach to business. Indeed, this legislative proposal comes at the best time when there is coincidence in the thinking of the Government and the 13th Parliament, in creating synergy between their dreams. I want to rest my case by assuring this House that I will be present to vote when the time comes, and I will mobilise my constituents to do what they will be required to do to make this constitutional amendment a reality. I beg to support."
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