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    "id": 1194437,
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    "speaker_name": "Kuresoi North, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alfred Mutai",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for eventually recognising me after a long wait. My name is Mutai Alfred, Member for Kuresoi North. Before I make my contribution, kindly allow me to thank the good people of Kuresoi North who brought me to this House. Without them, I would not be here. I thank Kiptororo, Sirikwa, Kamara and Nyota wards for voting immensely to allow me to be here to represent them in terms of oversight, representation and legislation. Because of time, I want to contribute on the legislative proposal to amend the Constitution. Before I proceed, I thank the sponsors of this proposal, Hon. Githinji and Hon. Mule, for coming up with it at the right time. I am in this House because of the manifesto that I sold to the people of Kuresoi North. The people of Kuresoi North are waiting to see the implementation of the construction of a Kenya Medical Training Institute in Kuresoi North, which is why I rely on the said fund. On the issue of infrastructure in my constituency, there are several schools that I have mapped out, and I have agreed with the people of Kuresoi North to improve their infrastructure. There are many stalled projects in my constituency that need completion and they all rely on the NG-CDF. I stand here to support this proposal. I hope it will become a Bill so that we will vote on it. On behalf of my constituents, I will support and vote for this Bill to enable this noble fund that has been there for long. I would like to add that despite the Supreme Court’s decision to nullify this fund, I know that in one way or another, some of their family members have benefited from this same fund. It is quite unfortunate, but it is a high time we went through this proposal until it is enacted into a law so that it benefits coming generations. Since the NGAAF was introduced at about 2003, it brought about the even distribution of development across the country, unlike before where there was skewed development across the country mainly because of one area that could have voted in the then Government. Hon. Temporary Speaker, my manifesto focused on those children who want to proceed with their education. This year, we have two entries which are the candidates sitting for Grade Six examinations and those who are joining Form One. This is the only time that I am seeing the importance of raising the funds from 2.5 per cent to 5 per cent to accommodate this high enrolment. In the interest of time, I suppose I can be allocated time in the next sitting so that I can finish. In that regard, I support this legislative proposal to amend the Constitution and the NGAAF, so that we can see the value of a County Woman Representative. We need to see the young mothers return to school to their future, and this must be included in the NGAAF. We also have the Senate Oversight Fund, which will enable Senators to oversee all the undertakings of their respective counties. I support this legislative proposal to amend the Constitution."
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